3rd Sub. S.B. 270
         GIFT CARD AMENDMENTS

house floor Amendments

Amendment 2 March 12, 2009 10:05 am



Representative Kevin S. Garn proposes the following amendments:

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GIFT CARD
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             121          (ii) a credit [balances] balance, a customer [overpayments] payment,
{   a gift [certificates]

             122      certificate over $25,  
}
a security [deposits] deposit, [refunds] a refund,
{   a credit [memos] memo,   }

             123      unpaid wages, an unused airline [tickets] ticket, and an unidentified [remittances] remittance;

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             191          
{   (1) As used in this section:

             192          (a) "Purchaser" means a person who purchases:
             193          (i) a gift certificate; or
             194          (ii) a gift card that is not excluded from this chapter under Subsection (5).
             195          (b) "Recipient" means a person who receives a credit memo.
             196          [(1)] (2)  
}
[A gift certificate greater than $25 or a credit memo]
{   The   }        Notwithstanding that one or more of the       following      {   that

             197      remains  
}
  remain       unreconsidered      {   for more than five years after issuance is   }        , it may not be       considered abandoned        for purposes of this chapter       [.]:

             198          
{   (a)   }        (1)       a gift certificate      {   greater than $25   } ;

             199          
{   (b)   }        (2)       a gift card      {   that:

             200          (i) has attached to it more than $25; and
             201          (ii) is not excluded from this chapter under Subsection (5)  
}
; or
             202          
{   (c)   }        (3)       a credit memo.

             203     
{       [(2)] (3) (a) In the case of a gift certificate, the amount considered abandoned under

             204      this section is the price paid for the gift certificate itself.
             205          (b) In the case of a gift card described in Subsection (2)(b), the amount considered
             206      abandoned under this section is the amount of money attached to the gift card at the time the
             207      gift card is considered abandoned.
             208          [(b)] (c) In the case of a credit memo, the amount considered abandoned under this
             209      section is the amount credited as shown on the credit memo itself.
             210          [(3)] (4) The amount of a gift certificate, gift card described in Subsection (2)(b), or


             211      credit memo considered abandoned is subject to the custody of this state when the records of
             212      the issuer:
             213          (a) [the records of the issuer] show that the last-known address of the purchaser [of the
             214      certificate] or recipient [of the memo] is in Utah;
             215          (b) [the records of the issuer] do not show the address of the purchaser or recipient, but
             216      do show that the gift certificate or credit memo was issued in Utah;
             217          (c) [the records of the issuer] do not show the address of the purchaser or of the
             218      recipient and do not show the state where the gift certificate, gift card, or credit memo was
             219      issued, but the issuer is domiciled in Utah; or
             220          (d) [the records of the issuer] show that the state contained in the address of the
             221      purchaser or recipient, or if none, the state where the gift certificate, gift card, or credit memo
             222      was issued, is a state whose escheat or unclaimed property law does not provide for the escheat
             223      or custodial taking of a gift [certificates and] certificate, gift card, or a credit [memos] memo,
             224      and the issuer is domiciled in Utah.
             225          (5) This chapter does not apply to a gift card if the monies attached to the gift card:
             226          (a) do not expire; and
             227          (b) are not subject to a monthly post sale:
             228          (i) maintenance fee or charge; or
             229          (ii) dormancy fee or charge.
 
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