ENGROSSED
Senate Bill No. 589
(By Senators Wooton, Anderson, Buckalew, Deem, Dittmar, Grubb,
Oliverio, Ross, Scott and Yoder)
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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;

reported February 28, 1996.]
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A BILL to amend article eight, chapter thirty-six of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-eight-a, relating to law-enforcement disposition of unclaimed personal property consisting of children's toys or sporting goods.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article eight, chapter thirty-six of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty- eight-a, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 8. UNIFORM DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ACT.

§36-8-28a. Disposition of unclaimed stolen toys and sporting goods.

Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, whenever a state, county or local law-enforcement agency has in its possession unclaimed personal property consisting of children's toys or sporting goods, such agency may, upon a determination by the chief law-enforcement officer of the agency that there is no evidentiary value in the unclaimed personal property nor that there is any reasonable likelihood that said personal property can be returned to its rightful owner, donate said personal property to any nonprofit organization or agency which provides services to children.