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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 1890
Author: Assembly Higher Education Committee
Amended: 6/22/10 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/16/10
AYES: Romero, Huff, Emmerson, Hancock, Liu, Price
NO VOTE RECORDED: Alquist, Simitian, Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 4/29/10 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : University of California/California State
University:
unclaimed, lost, or abandoned property
SOURCE : California State University
DIGEST : This bill requires a period of three months that
unclaimed, lost, or abandoned property must be held, as
well as establishing a value threshold of at least $300,
before that property can be placed for sale at public
auction - these requirements would be applicable to the
California State University and the University of
California.
ANALYSIS : Under current law, when an item is turned into
a University of California (UC) or California State
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University (CSU) campus, the campus is required to hold
this item for a defined period (three months for UC, six
months for CSU). After this period of time, UC and CSU are
required to sell the collected lost and abandoned property
at a public auction.
This bill requires a period of three months that unclaimed,
lost, or abandoned property must be held, as well as
establishing a value threshold of at least $300, before
that property can be placed for sale at public auction -
these requirements would be applicable to the CSU and UC.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/2/10)
California State University (source)
University of California
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The CSU Chancellor's Office, the
bill's sponsor, argues that the changes to the management
of lost and abandoned property proposed by this bill allows
campuses to streamline their process and use staff more
appropriately. The CSU Chancellor's Office reports that
larger campuses maintain two full-time employees to manage
the lost property inventory, which often includes items
such as books, sunglasses, and articles of clothing, in
addition to more valuable, tangible items like bicycles and
computers.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon,
DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,
Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick,
Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Ma,
Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,
Nielsen, Norby, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin,
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Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra
Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Tran, Villines,
Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bass, Caballero, Jones, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Torrico, Vacancy
PQ:mw 8/3/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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