Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05003 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5003
22 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 69
33 Referred to Committee on Banks
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55 REP. D'AMELIO, 71st Dist.
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99 Proposed Bill No. 5003
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1111 January Session, 2011
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1313 LCO No. 69
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1919 REP. D'AMELIO, 71st Dist.
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2121 AN ACT REQUIRING BANKS TO NOTIFY HOLDERS OF INACTIVE ACCOUNTS BY CERTIFIED MAIL THAT ACCOUNT FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE TREASURER AND SUBJECT TO ESCHEAT TO THE STATE.
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2323 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2525 That section 3-65a of the general statutes be amended to require banks to notify a holder of an inactive account by certified mail, within one year before a presumption of abandonment of such account is to take effect, that evidence of interest must be indicated or any funds remaining in such account will be transferred to the Treasurer and subject to escheat to the state.
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2929 To protect inactive account holders by requiring banks to notify them by certified mail within one year of presuming an account has been abandoned that account funds will be subject to escheat to the state.