BILL NUMBER: AB 1890	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Higher Education (Portantino (Chair),
Block, Cook, Fong, Galgiani, Huber, Ma, and Ruskin)

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

   An act to amend  Sections 2080.8 and 2080.9 of 
 Section 2080.8 of, and to repeal Section 2080.9 of,  the
Civil Code, relating to property.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1890, as amended, Committee on Higher Education. Property: lost
and unclaimed.
   Existing law authorizes the Regents of the University of
California to provide by resolution or regulation for the care,
restitution, sale, or destruction of unclaimed property in the
possession of the regents or of the University of California Police
Department. Existing law also authorizes the Trustees of the
California State University to provide by resolution or regulation
for the care, restitution, sale, or destruction of unclaimed, lost,
or abandoned property in the possession of any state university.
Existing law requires any resolution or regulation adopted by the
trustees pursuant to those provisions to include that property shall
be held for a period of at least 6 months.
   This bill would limit that requirement to property valued at or
above $300.  The bill would extend the authorization of the
Regents of the University of   California to also provide
for the care, restitution, sale, or destruction of lost or abandoned
property, as specified.  The bill would also decrease the
minimum holding period to 3 months for property held by the state
university. The bill would make related technical, nonsubstantive
changes.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 2080.8 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
   2080.8.  (a) The Regents of the University of California  and
the Trustees of the California State University, as applicable, 
may provide by resolution or regulation for the care, restitution,
sale  ,  or destruction of unclaimed  , lost, or
abandoned  property in the possession of the Regents of the
University of California  or of   ,  the
University of California Police Department  , or any state
university  .
   (b) Any resolution or regulation adopted pursuant to this section
shall provide therein (1) that unclaimed  , lost, or abandoned
 property valued at or above three hundred dollars ($300) shall
be held by the Regents of the University of California  or
  ,  the University of California Police Department
 , or the particular state university  for a period of at
least three months, (2) that thereafter the property will be sold at
public auction to the highest bidder, and (3) that notice of that
sale shall be given by the Regents of the University of California
 or   ,  the University of California
Police Department  , or the Trustees of the California State
University at least five days before the time therefor by
publication once in a newspaper of general circulation published in
the county in which the property is held.
   (c) The Regents of the University of California  or the
Trustees of the California State University  may dispose of any
of that property upon which no bid is made at any sale. 
  SEC. 2.    Section 2080.9 of the Civil Code is
amended to read:
   2080.9.  (a) The Trustees of the California State University may
provide by resolution or regulation for the care, restitution, sale,
or destruction of unclaimed, lost, or abandoned property in the
possession of any state university.
   (b) Any resolution or regulation adopted pursuant to this section
shall include therein (1) that unclaimed or lost property valued at
or above three hundred dollars ($300) shall be held by the particular
state university for a period of at least three months, (2) that
thereafter the property, as well as abandoned property, will be sold
at public auction to the highest bidder, and (3) that notice of that
sale shall be given by the Trustees of the California State
University at least five days before the time therefor by publication
once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county
in which the property is held.
   (c) The Trustees of the California State University may dispose of
any of that property upon which no bid is made at any sale.

   SEC. 2.    Section 2080.9 of the   Civil
Code   is repealed.  
   2080.9.  The Trustees of the California State University may
provide by resolution or regulation for the care, restitution, sale,
or destruction of unclaimed, lost, or abandoned property in the
possession of any state university. Any resolution or regulation
adopted pursuant to this section shall include therein (1) that such
unclaimed or lost property shall be held by the particular state
university for a period of at least six months, (2) that thereafter
such property, as well as abandoned property, will be sold at public
auction to the highest bidder, and (3) that notice of such sale shall
be given by the Trustees of the California State University at least
five days before the time therefor by publication once in a
newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which
such property is held. The Trustees of the California State
University may dispose of any such property upon which no bid is made
at any such sale.