78R1476 QS-D

By:  Hartnett                                                     H.B. No. 1465



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an administrative hearing for unclaimed property 
decisions.     
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 74, Property Code, is 
amended by adding Section 74.505 to read as follows:
	Sec. 74.505.  ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING.  (a)  A person 
aggrieved by an unfavorable decision on a claim filed under this 
subchapter is entitled to a hearing under Chapter 2001, Government 
Code, if the person submits to the comptroller a written request for 
a hearing not later than the 60th day after the date the unfavorable 
decision is received.
	(b)  A person whose claim has not been decided before the 
91st day after the date on which the claim was filed may request a 
hearing on or after that day but not later than the 150th day after 
the date of filing the claim.  The limitation provided by this 
subsection does not affect the period of entitlement to a hearing 
provided by Subsection (a).
	SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 74.506, Property Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 74.506.  APPEAL FROM ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING.                       
	SECTION 3.  Section 74.506(a), Property Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	(a)  A person aggrieved by the decision in an administrative 
hearing under Section 74.505 is entitled to judicial review under 
Chapter 2001, Government Code, and [of a claim filed under this 
subchapter] may appeal the decision before the 31st [61st] day 
after the date [day] on which it was rendered.
	SECTION 4.  Section 74.506(b), Property Code, is repealed.                     
	SECTION 5.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to  a decision on a claim under Subchapter F, Chapter 74, Property 
Code, that is rendered on or after the effective date of this Act.  A 
decision on a claim rendered before the effective date of this Act 
is governed by the law in effect at the time the decision was 
rendered, and the former law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.
	SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.