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Representative Rebecca D. Lockhart proposes the following substitute bill:


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GIFT CARD H. OR DOCUMENT .H AMENDMENTS

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2009 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Wayne L. Niederhauser

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House Sponsor: Rebecca D. Lockhart

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill modifies the Unclaimed Property Act to address gift cards.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    defines "gift card";
             13          .    exempts a gift card that meets certain conditions from the Unclaimed Property Act;
             14      and
             15          .    makes technical changes.
             16      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             17          None
             18      Other Special Clauses:
             19          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2011.
             20      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             21      AMENDS:
             22          67-4a-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2004, Chapter 92
             23          67-4a-211, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1998, Chapter 248
             24     

             25      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:



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         Section 1. Section 67-4a-102 is amended to read:
             27           67-4a-102. Definitions.
             28          As used in this chapter:
             29          (1) "Administrator" means the deputy state treasurer assigned by the state treasurer to
             30      administer the law governing unclaimed property in Utah.
             31          (2) "Apparent owner" means the person whose name appears on the records of the
             32      holder as the person entitled to property held, issued, or owing by the holder.
             33          (3) (a) "Bank draft" means a check, draft, or similar instrument on which a banking or
             34      financial organization is directly liable.
             35          (b) "Bank draft" includes:
             36          (i) a cashier's [checks] check; and
             37          (ii) a certified [checks] check.
             38          (c) "Bank draft" does not include:
             39          (i) a traveler's [checks] check; or
             40          (ii) a money [orders] order.
             41          (4) "Banking organization" means:
             42          (a) a bank;
             43          (b) an industrial bank;
             44          (c) a trust company;
             45          (d) a savings bank; or
             46          (e) any organization defined by other law as a bank or banking organization.
             47          (5) "Business association" means a nonpublic corporation, joint stock company,
             48      investment company, business trust, partnership, or association for business purposes of two or
             49      more individuals, whether or not for profit, including:
             50          (a) a banking organization;
             51          (b) a financial organization;
             52          (c) an insurance company; or
             53          (d) a utility.
             54          (6) "Cashier's check" means a check that:
             55          (a) is drawn by a banking organization on itself[,];
             56          (b) is signed by an officer of the banking organization[, authorizing]; and



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         (c) authorizes payment of the amount shown on its face to the payee.
             58          (7) "Class action" means a legal action:
             59          (a) certified by the court as a class action; or
             60          (b) treated by the court as a class action without being formally certified as a class
             61      action.
             62          (8) (a) "Deposit in a financial institution" means a demand, savings, or matured time
             63      deposit with a banking or financial organization.
             64          (b) "Deposit in a financial institution" includes:
             65          (i) any interest or dividends on a deposit; and
             66          (ii) a deposit that is automatically renewable.
             67          (9) "Domicile" means:
             68          (a) the state of incorporation of a corporation; and
             69          (b) the state of the principal place of business of an unincorporated person.
             70          (10) "Financial organization" means:
             71          (a) a savings and loan association; or
             72          (b) a credit union.
             73          (11) "Gift card" means a payment device such as a plastic card that:
             74          (a) is usable at:
             75          (i) a single merchant;
             76          (ii) an affiliated group of merchants; or
             77          (iii) multiple, unaffiliated merchants;
             78          (b) contains a means for the electronic storage of information including:
             79          (i) a microprocessor chip;
             80          (ii) a magnetic stripe; or
             81          (iii) a bar code;
             82          (c) is prefunded before it is used, whether or not monies may be added to the payment
             83      device after it is used; and
             84          (d) is redeemable for goods or services.
             85          [(11)] (12) "Government entity" means:
             86          (a) the state;
             87          (b) [any] an administrative unit of the state;



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         (c) [any] a political subdivision of the state;
             89          (d) [any] an administrative unit of a political subdivision of the state; or
             90          (e) [any] an officer or employee of an entity described in Subsections [(11)] (12)(a)
             91      through (d).
             92          [(12)] (13) "Holder" means a person, wherever organized or domiciled, who is:
             93          (a) in possession of property belonging to another;
             94          (b) a trustee;
             95          (c) indebted to another on an obligation; or
             96          (d) charged with the duty of paying or delivering intangible property under Section
             97      67-4a-302 .
             98          [(13)] (14) "Insurance company" means an association, corporation, fraternal or mutual
             99      benefit organization, whether or not for profit, that is engaged in providing insurance coverage,
             100      including:
             101          (a) accident insurance;
             102          (b) burial insurance;
             103          (c) casualty insurance;
             104          (d) credit life insurance;
             105          (e) contract performance insurance;
             106          (f) dental insurance;
             107          (g) fidelity insurance;
             108          (h) fire insurance;
             109          (i) health insurance;
             110          (j) hospitalization insurance;
             111          (k) illness insurance;
             112          (l) life insurance, including endowments and annuities;
             113          (m) malpractice insurance;
             114          (n) marine insurance;
             115          (o) mortgage insurance;
             116          (p) surety insurance; and
             117          (q) wage protection insurance.
             118          [(14)] (15) (a) "Intangible property" includes:



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         (i) [monies, checks, drafts, deposits] money, a check, a draft, a deposit in a financial
             120      institution, interest, [dividends] a dividend, and income;
             121          (ii) a credit [balances] balance, a customer [overpayments] payment, H. [ a gift
             121a      [certificates]
             122      certificate over $25,
] .H
a security [deposits] deposit, [refunds] a refund, H. [ a credit [memos]
             122a      memo, ] .H
             123      unpaid wages, an unused airline [tickets] ticket, and an unidentified [remittances] remittance;
             124          (iii) [stocks] a stock, a mutual [funds] fund, and other intangible ownership interests in
             125      a business [associations] association;
             126          (iv) monies deposited to redeem [stocks, bonds, coupons] a stock, bond, or coupon,
             127      and other securities or to make [distributions] a distribution;
             128          (v) [bonds, notes] a bond, note, and any other debt [obligations] obligation;
             129          (vi) [amounts] an amount due and payable under the terms of an insurance [policies]
             130      policy;
             131          (vii) [amounts] an amount distributable from a trust or custodial fund established under
             132      a plan to provide health, welfare, pension, vacation, severance, retirement, death, stock
             133      purchase, profit sharing, employee savings, supplemental unemployment insurance or similar
             134      benefits; and
             135          (viii) [amounts] an amount distributable from a mineral interest in land.
             136          (b) "Intangible property" does not include patronage capital of an electric, telephone,
             137      and agricultural [cooperatives] cooperative.
             138          [(15)] (16) "Last-known address" means a description of the location of the apparent
             139      owner sufficient for the purpose of the delivery of mail.
             140          [(16)] (17) "Mineral" means oil, gas, uranium, sulphur, lignite, coal, and any other
             141      substance that is ordinarily and naturally considered a mineral, regardless of the depth at which
             142      the oil, gas, uranium, sulphur, lignite, coal, or other substance is found.
             143          [(17)] (18) "Mineral proceeds" includes:
             144          (a) all obligations to pay resulting from the production and sale of minerals, including:
             145          (i) net revenue interest;
             146          (ii) royalties;
             147          (iii) overriding royalties;
             148          (iv) production payments; and
             149          (v) joint operating agreements; and



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         (b) all obligations for the acquisition and retention of a mineral lease, including:
             151          (i) bonuses;
             152          (ii) delay rentals;
             153          (iii) shut-in royalties; and
             154          (iv) minimum royalties.
             155          [(18)] (19) (a) "Money order" means a negotiable draft issued by a business association
             156      for which the business association is not directly liable.
             157          (b) "Money order" does not mean a cashier's check.
             158          [(19)] (20) "Net intangible property" means intangible property that is held, issued, or
             159      owing in the ordinary course of a holder's business:
             160          (a) plus any income or increment derived from [it] the intangible property; and
             161          (b) less any lawful charges.
             162          [(20)] (21) "Owner" means:
             163          (a) a depositor in the case of a deposit;
             164          (b) a beneficiary in the case of a trust other than a deposit in trust;
             165          (c) a creditor, claimant, or payee in the case of other intangible property; or
             166          (d) a person or that person's legal representative having a legal or equitable interest in
             167      property subject to this chapter.
             168          [(21)] (22) (a) "Ownership purchase funds" means any funds paid toward the purchase
             169      of a share, a mutual investment certificate, or any other interest in a banking or financial
             170      organization.
             171          (b) "Ownership purchase funds" includes any interest or dividends paid on those funds.
             172          [(22)] (23) "Person" means:
             173          (a) an individual;
             174          (b) a business association;
             175          (c) a government entity;
             176          (d) a public corporation;
             177          (e) a public authority;
             178          (f) an estate;
             179          (g) a trust;
             180          (h) two or more persons having a joint or common interest; or



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         (i) any other legal or commercial entity.
             182          [(23)] (24) "State" means any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular
             183      possession, or any other area subject to the legislative authority of the United States.
             184          [(24)] (25) "Utility" means a person who owns or operates for public use any plant,
             185      equipment, property, franchise, or license for:
             186          (a) the transmission of communications, including cable television; or
             187          (b) the production, storage, transmission, sale, delivery, or furnishing of electricity,
             188      water, steam, or gas.
             189          Section 2. Section 67-4a-211 is amended to read:
             190           67-4a-211. Gift certificates -- Credit memos -- Gift cards.
             191           H. [ (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)
] .H
[A gift certificate greater than $25 or a credit memo] H. [ The ]
             196a      Notwithstanding that one or more of the .H following H. [ that
             197      remains
] remain .H
unreconsidered H. [ for more than five years after issuance is ] , it may not
             197a      be .H considered abandoned H. for purposes of this chapter .H [.]:
             198           H. [ (a) ] (1) .H a gift certificate H. [ greater than $25 ] .H ;
             199           H. [ (b) ] (2) .H a gift card H. [ that:
             200          (i) has attached to it more than $25; and
             201          (ii) is not excluded from this chapter under Subsection (5)
] .H
; or
             202           H. [ (c) ] (3) .H a credit memo.
             203           H. [ [(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



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     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.
] .H

             230          Section 3. Effective date.
             231          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2011.


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