HB  97-SELF-STORAGE UNITS: LIENS; SALES                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:29:53 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SUMNER announced  that the next order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL  NO. 97, "An  Act relating to  self-storage facilities                                                               
for  personal   property,  including  vehicles   and  watercraft;                                                               
distinguishing self-storage  facility liens from another  type of                                                               
storage  lien;   and  excluding   self-storage  liens   from  the                                                               
treatment of certain unclaimed property."                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:30:03 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE RUFFRIDGE moved to  adopt the committee substitute                                                               
(CS) for HB 97,  Version 33-LS0392\S, Dunmire, 4/25/23, ("Version                                                               
S"), as a working document.   There being no objection, Version S                                                               
was before the committee.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:30:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SADDLER questioned the changes made by Version S.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE PRAX answered that a  storage unit renter would be                                                               
required  to disclose  any property  with a  lien in  the storage                                                               
facility.    This  would  alert the  storage  facility  owner  to                                                               
contact the lien holder prior to the foreclosure process.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:31:44 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  FIELDS  asked  whether  Representative  Prax  had                                                               
heard  from  the  owner  of Best  Storage,  the  largest  storage                                                               
facility in Representative Fields' district.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE PRAX answered no.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
3:32:27 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SUMNER announced that HB 97 was held over.