PRINTER'S NO. 3433
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2796
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY ROSSI, SILVIS, GROVE, MILLARD, CAUSER, GLEIM,
MOUL, CIRESI, MAJOR AND COOK, SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"An act relating to the finances of the State government;
providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
financial management firms, for private dam financial
assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
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Commonwealth," in disposition of abandoned and unclaimed
property, further providing for notice and publication of
lists of property subject to custody and control of the
Commonwealth under this article.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1301.12 heading, (b) introductory
paragraph and (c) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176),
known as The Fiscal Code, are amended and the section is amended
by adding a subsection to read:
Section 1301.12. [Notice] Notices and Publication of Lists
of Property Subject to Custody and Control of the Commonwealth
under this Article.--* * *
(b) The published notice under subsection (a) shall be
entitled "Notice of Names of Persons Appearing to be Owners of
Abandoned and Unclaimed Property," and shall contain:
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(c) The State Treasurer is not required to include in [such]
the notice under subsection (a) published in an English language
newspaper of general circulation any item of less than two
hundred fifty dollars ($250) or to include in such notice
published in a legal newspaper any item of less than two hundred
fifty dollars ($250), unless the State Treasurer, in either
instance, deems such publication to be in the public interest.
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(d.1) No less frequently than once every five years, the
State Treasurer shall determine whether a county, city, borough,
township, incorporated town or school district is identified as
the apparent owner of property which has been paid or delivered
to the State Treasurer under section 1301.13. If a county, city,
borough, township, incorporated town or school district is
identified to be the apparent owner of such property, the State
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Treasurer shall notify the appropriate governing body or officer
of the county, city, borough, township, incorporated town or
school district. The notice shall contain a statement that,
according to a report filed with the State Treasurer, property
is being held to which the addressee may be entitled.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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