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<br />8A <br />Page 15 <br /> <br />'OES' Continued from Page 1... <br /> <br />The RFPs and RFA are available electronically on the DES Web site at Y-fww.oes.ca.go'{, under <br />the links for "Law Enforcement" and 'Victim Services Division/RFP Funding Information." <br /> <br />Questions concerning the GRIP Program should be directed to Kirby Everhart, chief, Crime and <br />Gangs Branch, at (916) 327-3687, or via e-mail tokirby_"eve~hart@aes.cC!.qOv. <br /> <br />'Unclaimed Property' Continued from Page 1... <br /> <br />State Controller John Chiang's office worked throughout the summer to reform the unclaimed <br />property system and succeeded in getting legislation passed to remove legal obstacles that <br />prevented his office from contacting owners of unclaimed property. <br /> <br />"I am pleased our reforms both satisfied the court, and coupled with common sense <br />administrative changes, show progress in reuniting rightful owners with their unclaimed property," <br />Chiang said in a statement. "Within the first week of being able to provide notices to owners of <br />their state-held valuables, we sent notices to 99,086 Californians. Without the new laws, we <br />would not have been able to send 77,078 of those letters." <br /> <br />As a reminder, however, the changes enacted under one of those new laws, SB 86 (Budget <br />Committee), are now in effect. Holders of unclaimed property may not deliver property with the <br />reports that are due with it before Nov. 1, 2007 (May 1, 2008 for life insurance companies). <br /> <br />Reporting instructions and guidelines were updated in August to reflect the new reporting <br />requirements under SB 86 for the reports due before Nov. 1. These instructions and guidelines <br />remain in effect. <br /> <br />The following summarizes those requirements: <br /> <br />. A holder's responsibility to notify owners of their property six to 12 months before the <br />property becomes reportable is still in effect (reference California Code of Civil Procedure <br />sections 1513.5, 1516[d] and 1520[bJ). <br /> <br />. Holders are required to file a report before Nov. 1, 2007 (before May 1, 2008 for life <br />insurance companies) without remitting or delivering the property. <br /> <br />. sea will send notices to the owners with property valued at $50 or more within 165 days <br />after the due dates of the reports. The notices will direct the owners to the holder to <br />recover their property. <br /> <br />. Holders will remit remaining unclaimed property with reports from June 1 through June. <br />15, 2008 (from Dec. 1 through Dec. 15,2008 for life insurance companies). Instructions <br />for the remit reports are currently in development and will be released in the near future. <br />Please continue to check the sca Web site at WwW.SC<9-."~~.Q.y for further updates. <br /> <br />Please refer to reporting instructions and guidelines on the SCD Web site at for more information. <br />Questions regarding the state's unclaimed property system should be directed to the Unclaimed <br />Property Reporting Unit at (916) 464-6284 or 1!fP.reportiD~o.ca.qov. <br /> <br />'CIWMB Reorganizes' Continued from Page 1... <br /> <br />Under the previous structure, stakeholders interacted with numerous CIWMB program staff for <br />local jurisdictional programs; special waste issues such as used oil, tires. or household hazardous <br />waste; and markets division topics such as green building, organics, plastics or landfill/transfer ' <br />station concerns. <br /> <br />A large number of CIWMB staff that worked on these issues merged into the new Local <br />Assistance and Market Development Division (LAMD). LAMD is one of the new divisions of the <br />Sustainability Program. LAMD is divided into four branches with regional responsibilities (North, <br /> <br />2' <br />