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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 127 2021 Regular Session Thomas
CRIME: Creates the crime of submitting false statements and false or altered documents in
unclaimed property claims
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Makes technical changes.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Proposed law creates the crime of submitting false statements and false or altered documents
in unclaimed property claims and defines the crime as being committed by any person who
intentionally makes a material false statement, submits false or altered documentation, or
both in any claim submitted pursuant to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act of 1997.
Proposed law provides that any person who commits the proposed law crime shall be
imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, fined not more than
$10,000, or both.
Proposed law further provides that the person who commits the proposed law crime shall be
ordered to make full restitution to the Department of Treasury in the amount of funds
obtained as a result of the offense.
Proposed law requires the court to order a periodic payment plan consistent with the person's
financial ability when the person is found to be indigent and unable to make restitution in full
at the time of conviction.
(Adds R.S. 14:67.5)
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