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HOUSE BILL NO. 441 – Unclaimed property/notice published

HOUSE BILL NO. 441

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H0441...............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
UNCLAIMED PROPERTY - Amends existing law relating to unclaimed property to
provide that notices shall not be required to be published for items with a
value of less than one hundred dollars.
                                                                        
01/16    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/17    Rpt prt - to Rev/Tax
01/22    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
01/23    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
01/28    3rd rdg - PASSED - 67-0-3
      AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black,
      Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Clark,
      Collins, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
      Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Henbest,
      Higgins, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Langford,
      Loertscher, Mader, Martinez, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen,
      Moyle, Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts,
      Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith(33), Smith(23),
      Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Young, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Gould, Jones, Wood
    Floor Sponsor - Field(13)
    Title apvd - to Senate
01/29    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Loc Gov
02/07    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/08    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/12    3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
      AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
      Goedde, Hawkins, Hill, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Little,
      Lodge, Marley, Noh, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sims, Sorensen, Stegner,
      Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Geddes, Richardson
    Floor Sponsor - Frasure
    Title apvd - to House
02/13    To enrol
02/14    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
02/15    Pres signed
02/18    To Governor
02/19    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 34
         Effective: 07/01/02

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 441
                                                                        
                             BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY LAW; AMENDING SECTION 14-518,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
  3        PROVIDE THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
  4        TO  PUBLISH  NOTICE OF ITEMS WITH A VALUE OF LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
  5        AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION 1.  That Section 14-518, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        14-518.  NOTICE  AND  PUBLICATION  OF LISTS OF ABANDONED PROPERTY. (1) The
 10    administrator shall cause a notice to be  published  annually  each  year,  at
 11    least  once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in newspapers of general cir-
 12    culation, or in a published notice distributed, one  (1)  time  only,  concur-
 13    rently  with a newspaper of general circulation in the county of this state in
 14    which is located the last known address of any  person  to  be  named  in  the
 15    notice.  If  no  address  is  listed or the address is outside this state, the
 16    notice must be published in a newspaper which has general circulation, or in a
 17    published notice distributed concurrently with a newspaper which  has  general
 18    circulation  in the county in which the holder of the property has its princi-
 19    pal place of business within this  state.  Provided  however,  the  names  and
 20    addresses located in a state which will receive the accounts because of recip-
 21    rocal  agreements as permitted by section 14-535, Idaho Code, need not be pub-
 22    lished. In the case of a notice which is distributed concurrently with a news-
 23    paper, the provisions of section 60-105, Idaho Code,  relating  to  rates  for
 24    official notices shall not apply.
 25        (2)  The  published  notice  must  be entitled "Notice of Names of Persons
 26    Appearing to be Owners of Abandoned Property" and contain:
 27        (a)  The names in alphabetical order and last known address,  if  any,  of
 28        persons listed in the report and entitled to notice;
 29        (b)  A  statement that information concerning the property may be obtained
 30        by any person possessing an interest in  the  property  by  addressing  an
 31        inquiry to the administrator;
 32        (c)  A  statement that the property is in the custody of the administrator
 33        and all claims must be directed to the administrator; and
 34        (d)  A statement that the property shall escheat to the state of Idaho and
 35        become the property of the state of Idaho if not claimed within  ten  (10)
 36        years after notice is published pursuant to this section.
 37        (3)  The  administrator is not required to publish in the notice any items
 38    of less than fifty one hundred dollars ($50.100) unless the administrator con-
 39    siders their publication to be in the public interest.
 40        (4)  This section is not applicable to sums payable on traveler's  checks,
 41    money  orders,  and other written instruments presumed abandoned under section
 42    14-504, Idaho Code.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                     STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 11471

This bill relates to the State Tax Commission's obligation to publish 
notice of newly acquired accounts under the Unclaimed Property Act.  
The threshold over which publication is required is increased from 
fifty to one hundred dollars.  This threshold has been in effect 
since 1980 when it was increased from twenty-five to fifty dollars.   



                         FISCAL IMPACT
 
Saving in publication cost should increase funds to the unclaimed 
property trust fund by about $15,000. 

CONTACT
Name:  Dan John / Ted Spangler
Agency: Revenue and Taxation (Idaho State Tax Commission)
Phone: 334-7530

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact        H   441