Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 4 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of ARTICLE 4 accordingly:

SECTION 4.____. Section 74.501(d), Property Code, is amended to read as follows:

(d)  On receipt of a claim form and all necessary documentation and as may be appropriate under the circumstances, the comptroller may approve the claim of:

(1)  the reported owner of the property;

(2)  if the reported owner died testate:

(A)  the appropriate legal beneficiaries of the owner as provided by the last will and testament of the owner that has been accepted into probate or filed as a muniment of title; or

(B)  the executor of the owner's last will and testament who holds current letters testamentary;

(3)  if the reported owner died intestate:

(A)  the legal heirs of the owner as provided by Section 38, Texas Probate Code; or

(B)  the court-appointed administrator of the owner's estate;

(4)  the legal heirs of the reported owner as established by an affidavit of heirship order signed by a judge of the county probate court or by a county judge;

(5)  if the reported owner is a minor child or an adult who has been adjudged incompetent by a court of law, the parent or legal guardian of the child or adult;

(6)  if the reported owner is a corporation:

(A)  the president or chair of the board of directors of the corporation, on behalf of the corporation; or

(B)  any person who has legal authority to act on behalf of the corporation;

(7)  if the reported owner is a corporation that has been dissolved or liquidated:

(A)  the sole surviving shareholder of the corporation, if there is only one surviving shareholder;

(B)  the surviving shareholders of the corporation in proportion to their ownership of the corporation, if there is more than one surviving shareholder;

(C)  the corporation's bankruptcy trustee; or

(D)  the court-ordered receiver for the corporation; or

(8)  any other person that is entitled to receive the unclaimed property under other law or comptroller policy or rule.