05/08/2002 03:14 PM Senate JUD

             HB 501-UNCLAIMED PROPERTY & RESTITUTION                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MS. HEATHER  NOBREGA, counsel  to the  House Judiciary  Committee,                                                              
told members  that HB 501  makes it easier  for the  Department of                                                              
Law   to  collect   unclaimed  property   of   criminals  to   pay                                                              
restitution.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN  TAYLOR noted  that it  would  be a  rare situation  when                                                              
property is unclaimed or abandoned but it does occur.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  COWDERY  moved  HB 501  from  committee  with  individual                                                              
recommendations and its accompanying fiscal note.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN  TAYLOR  announced  that  HB  501  moved  from  committee                                                              
without objection.