California 2019 2019-2020 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB2198 Amended / Bill

Filed 06/04/2020

                    Amended IN  Assembly  June 04, 2020 Amended IN  Assembly  May 04, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2198Introduced by Assembly Member TingFebruary 12, 2020 An act to add Section 1543 to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to unclaimed property. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2198, as amended, Ting. Unclaimed property: report to the Legislature. secure payment of claims.The Unclaimed Property Law governs the disposition of unclaimed property, including the escheat of certain property to the state. Those provisions require a person holding funds or other property escheated to the state to report to the Controller certain information regarding the property and the owner, and set forth procedures whereby a person may file a claim to the property or to the net proceeds from its sale. This bill would require authorize the Controller, by January 1, 2022, Controller to implement additional measures designed to streamline the secure payment of claims, as specified.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1543 is added to the Code of Civil Procedure, to read:1543. Notwithstanding Section 1540, by January 1, 2022, 1540, the Controller shall may do any of the following to streamline the secure payment of claims by doing all of the following: claims:(a)For property worth five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less, if the Controller can identify the owner without the submission of claim documents, the Controller shall initiate a transfer of the property to the owner.(b)(a) Minimize the number of documents a claimant is required to submit for property under five thousand dollars ($5,000).(c)(b) Allow electronic submission of documentation to the Controllers internet website for all claims. any claim deemed appropriate by the Controller.(d)Increase the maximum threshold amount for claims that may be submitted online to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(c) Authorize the direct deposit by electronic fund transfer for the payment of an approved claim.

 Amended IN  Assembly  June 04, 2020 Amended IN  Assembly  May 04, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2198Introduced by Assembly Member TingFebruary 12, 2020 An act to add Section 1543 to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to unclaimed property. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2198, as amended, Ting. Unclaimed property: report to the Legislature. secure payment of claims.The Unclaimed Property Law governs the disposition of unclaimed property, including the escheat of certain property to the state. Those provisions require a person holding funds or other property escheated to the state to report to the Controller certain information regarding the property and the owner, and set forth procedures whereby a person may file a claim to the property or to the net proceeds from its sale. This bill would require authorize the Controller, by January 1, 2022, Controller to implement additional measures designed to streamline the secure payment of claims, as specified.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  June 04, 2020 Amended IN  Assembly  May 04, 2020

Amended IN  Assembly  June 04, 2020
Amended IN  Assembly  May 04, 2020

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 2198

Introduced by Assembly Member TingFebruary 12, 2020

Introduced by Assembly Member Ting
February 12, 2020

 An act to add Section 1543 to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to unclaimed property. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2198, as amended, Ting. Unclaimed property: report to the Legislature. secure payment of claims.

The Unclaimed Property Law governs the disposition of unclaimed property, including the escheat of certain property to the state. Those provisions require a person holding funds or other property escheated to the state to report to the Controller certain information regarding the property and the owner, and set forth procedures whereby a person may file a claim to the property or to the net proceeds from its sale. This bill would require authorize the Controller, by January 1, 2022, Controller to implement additional measures designed to streamline the secure payment of claims, as specified.

The Unclaimed Property Law governs the disposition of unclaimed property, including the escheat of certain property to the state. Those provisions require a person holding funds or other property escheated to the state to report to the Controller certain information regarding the property and the owner, and set forth procedures whereby a person may file a claim to the property or to the net proceeds from its sale. 

This bill would require authorize the Controller, by January 1, 2022, Controller to implement additional measures designed to streamline the secure payment of claims, as specified.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1543 is added to the Code of Civil Procedure, to read:1543. Notwithstanding Section 1540, by January 1, 2022, 1540, the Controller shall may do any of the following to streamline the secure payment of claims by doing all of the following: claims:(a)For property worth five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less, if the Controller can identify the owner without the submission of claim documents, the Controller shall initiate a transfer of the property to the owner.(b)(a) Minimize the number of documents a claimant is required to submit for property under five thousand dollars ($5,000).(c)(b) Allow electronic submission of documentation to the Controllers internet website for all claims. any claim deemed appropriate by the Controller.(d)Increase the maximum threshold amount for claims that may be submitted online to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(c) Authorize the direct deposit by electronic fund transfer for the payment of an approved claim.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 1543 is added to the Code of Civil Procedure, to read:1543. Notwithstanding Section 1540, by January 1, 2022, 1540, the Controller shall may do any of the following to streamline the secure payment of claims by doing all of the following: claims:(a)For property worth five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less, if the Controller can identify the owner without the submission of claim documents, the Controller shall initiate a transfer of the property to the owner.(b)(a) Minimize the number of documents a claimant is required to submit for property under five thousand dollars ($5,000).(c)(b) Allow electronic submission of documentation to the Controllers internet website for all claims. any claim deemed appropriate by the Controller.(d)Increase the maximum threshold amount for claims that may be submitted online to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(c) Authorize the direct deposit by electronic fund transfer for the payment of an approved claim.

SECTION 1. Section 1543 is added to the Code of Civil Procedure, to read:

### SECTION 1.

1543. Notwithstanding Section 1540, by January 1, 2022, 1540, the Controller shall may do any of the following to streamline the secure payment of claims by doing all of the following: claims:(a)For property worth five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less, if the Controller can identify the owner without the submission of claim documents, the Controller shall initiate a transfer of the property to the owner.(b)(a) Minimize the number of documents a claimant is required to submit for property under five thousand dollars ($5,000).(c)(b) Allow electronic submission of documentation to the Controllers internet website for all claims. any claim deemed appropriate by the Controller.(d)Increase the maximum threshold amount for claims that may be submitted online to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(c) Authorize the direct deposit by electronic fund transfer for the payment of an approved claim.

1543. Notwithstanding Section 1540, by January 1, 2022, 1540, the Controller shall may do any of the following to streamline the secure payment of claims by doing all of the following: claims:(a)For property worth five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less, if the Controller can identify the owner without the submission of claim documents, the Controller shall initiate a transfer of the property to the owner.(b)(a) Minimize the number of documents a claimant is required to submit for property under five thousand dollars ($5,000).(c)(b) Allow electronic submission of documentation to the Controllers internet website for all claims. any claim deemed appropriate by the Controller.(d)Increase the maximum threshold amount for claims that may be submitted online to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(c) Authorize the direct deposit by electronic fund transfer for the payment of an approved claim.

1543. Notwithstanding Section 1540, by January 1, 2022, 1540, the Controller shall may do any of the following to streamline the secure payment of claims by doing all of the following: claims:(a)For property worth five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less, if the Controller can identify the owner without the submission of claim documents, the Controller shall initiate a transfer of the property to the owner.(b)(a) Minimize the number of documents a claimant is required to submit for property under five thousand dollars ($5,000).(c)(b) Allow electronic submission of documentation to the Controllers internet website for all claims. any claim deemed appropriate by the Controller.(d)Increase the maximum threshold amount for claims that may be submitted online to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(c) Authorize the direct deposit by electronic fund transfer for the payment of an approved claim.



1543. Notwithstanding Section 1540, by January 1, 2022, 1540, the Controller shall may do any of the following to streamline the secure payment of claims by doing all of the following: claims:

(a)For property worth five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less, if the Controller can identify the owner without the submission of claim documents, the Controller shall initiate a transfer of the property to the owner.



(b)



(a) Minimize the number of documents a claimant is required to submit for property under five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(c)



(b) Allow electronic submission of documentation to the Controllers internet website for all claims. any claim deemed appropriate by the Controller.

(d)Increase the maximum threshold amount for claims that may be submitted online to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).



(c) Authorize the direct deposit by electronic fund transfer for the payment of an approved claim.