BILL ANALYSIS
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1890 (Higher Education Committee)
As Amended June 22, 2010
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |74-0 |(April 29, |SENATE: |33-0 |(August 5, |
| | |2010) | | |2010) |
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Original Committee Reference: HIGHER ED.
SUMMARY : Establishes a value threshold of $300 for unclaimed,
lost, or abandoned property that must be held in the possession
of the University of California (UC) and the California State
University (CSU) and provides that such property must be held
for three months prior to being placed for sale at a public
auction.
The Senate amendments revise and recast the provisions of this
bill into a single code section.
EXISTING LAW establishes provisions requiring lost or abandoned
property, regardless of estimated value, turned into UC and CSU
to be held for a specified period of time.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill contained substantially
similar content to the version passed by the Senate, except that
the provisions were contained in two separate code sections.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, by providing the universities flexibility in the
disposition of low value unclaimed properties, the segments will
likely realize minor administrative cost savings at each UC and
CSU campus.
COMMENTS : Background: Under current law, when an item is
turned into a UC or 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. According to the CSU Chancellor's Office, any revenues
collected by the selling of items at CSU campuses are placed in
a scholarship fund, and any items that have not been sold at
auction are donated to non-profit organizations. The CSU
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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. The CSU Chancellor's Office is the
sponsor of this bill and argues that the changes to the
management of lost and abandoned property proposed by this bill
would allow campuses to streamline their process and use staff
more appropriately.
Analysis Prepared by : Laura Metune / HIGHER ED. / (916)
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