CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1994

Chapter 183, Laws of 2007

60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session



COURTS--OVERPAYMENTS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/07

Passed by the House March 10, 2007
  Yeas 94   Nays 1

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 10, 2007
  Yeas 38   Nays 9


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1994 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


RICHARD NAFZIGER
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Chief Clerk
Approved April 21, 2007, 11:15 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 23, 2007







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1994
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Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By Representatives Curtis, Ericks, Roberts and Quall

Read first time 02/05/2007.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.



     AN ACT Relating to overpayments received by courts; and amending RCW 63.29.130.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 63.29.130 and 1993 c 498 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     Intangible property held for the owner by a court, state or other government, governmental subdivision or agency, public corporation, public authority, or the United States or any instrumentality of the United States that remains unclaimed by the owner for more than two years after becoming payable or distributable is presumed abandoned. However, courts may retain overpayments made in connection with any litigation, including traffic, criminal, and noncriminal matters, in an amount less than or equal to ten dollars. These overpayments shall be remitted by the clerk of the court to the local treasurer for deposit in the local current expense fund.


         Passed by the House March 10, 2007.
         Passed by the Senate April 10, 2007.
         Approved by the Governor April 21, 2007.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 23, 2007.