SB342 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Senate Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2017

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Vivian Davis Figures Senator
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2017
Title: Cultural property, museums and other institutions authorized to claim certain abandoned property under certain conditions, procedures, notice, exceptions
Description: This bill would establish procedures for cultural institutions, defined to include museums, to assume ownership of abandoned loans or undocumented property in possession of the institution.
This bill would provide for notice to the owner, if known, and public notification regarding abandoned loans or undocumented property and would provide procedures for an institution to claim title to the property.
This bill would also allow a cultural institution to conserve or dispose of loaned or undocumented property under certain conditions and would exclude the Alabama Department of Archives and History and Native American human remains or objects of cultural patrimony from the provisions of the bill.
Subjects: Property, Real and Personal