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AR SB454

Bill

Status

Passed

4/7/2025

Primary Sponsor

Ricky Hill

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Origin

Senate

95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Creates the Unclaimed Property Interest Trust Fund to hold interest earned from investing unclaimed property funds, separating state-owned interest from privately-owned principal held in the Unclaimed Property Proceeds Trust Fund

  • Requires the administrator to transfer $18,000,000 annually from funds held for at least three years to general state revenues, after deducting State Central Services Fund reimbursements

  • Establishes priority uses for the new Interest Trust Fund: first to reimburse the State Central Services Fund for administrative costs, second to repay any prior-year liabilities to the Unclaimed Property Proceeds Trust Fund

  • Authorizes the Auditor of State to invest unclaimed property funds in the State Treasury Money Management Trust, with interest earnings deposited into the new Interest Trust Fund

  • Declared an emergency effective July 1, 2025, to address growing unfunded liabilities created by current fund transfer practices

Legislative Description

To Amend The Law Concerning Unclaimed Property Funds; To Amend The Law Concerning The Deposit And Investment Of Unclaimed Property Funds; To Create The Unclaimed Property Interest Trust Fund; And To Declare An Emergency.

Last Action

Notification that SB454 is now Act 430

4/7/2025

Committee Referrals

State Agencies and Governmental Affairs3/19/2025
State Agencies & Governmental Affairs3/13/2025

Full Bill Text

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