2000-04-19                     Senate Journal                      Page 3303
HB 218                                                                       
Senator Ward requested that the reconsideration on CS FOR HOUSE                
BILL NO. 218(FIN) An Act relating to property loaned to or held                
by museums be taken up. The bill was before the Senate on                      
reconsideration.                                                               
                                                                               
Senator Ward moved that the bill be returned to second reading for             
the purpose of a specific amendment, that being Amendment No. 1.               
Without objection, the bill was returned to second reading.                    
                                                                               
Senator Ward offered Amendment No. 1 :                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               

2000-04-19                     Senate Journal                      Page 3304
HB 218                                                                       
Page 4, line 3:                                                                
	Delete "After"                                                                
	Insert "(a)  In addition to any other right of reclamation the                
person may have under 25 U.S.C 3001 - 3013 (Native American                    
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act), after"                                
                                                                               
Page 4, lines 5 and 6:                                                         
	Delete "the lender or owner of the property has two years                     
to bring an action in court against the museum to claim the                    
property."                                                                     
	Insert "an interested person has two years from the later of                  
the following events to bring an action in court against the museum            
to claim the property:                                                         
		(1)  when the person learns that the museum has                              
acquired title to the property; and                                            
		(2)  when the person learns that the person is the                           
owner, lender, or heir of the owner or lender of property to which             
the museum has acquired title.                                                 
	(b)"                                                                          
                                                                               
Page 4, following line 9:                                                      
	Insert a new subsection to read:                                              
	"(c)  In this section, "interested person" means the owner of                 
the property, the lender of the property, or, if the owner or lender           
has died, an heir of the owner or lender of the property."                     
                                                                               
Senator Ward moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 1.                        
Objections were heard.                                                         
                                                                               
Senator Mackie moved and asked unanimous consent that CS FOR                   
HOUSE BILL NO. 218(FIN) be held in second reading on                           
reconsideration, with Amendment No. 1 pending, to the April 20                 
calendar. Without objection, it was so ordered.