| | A. Expenses of sale of abandoned unclaimed property; |
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| | | B. Costs of mailing and publication in connection with | abandoned unclaimed property; |
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| | | C. Reasonable service charges; and |
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| | | D. Expenses incurred in examining records of holders of | | property and in collecting the property from those | | holders. |
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| | | At the end of each year or more often, the administrator shall | transfer to the General Fund all money in the Abandoned | Unclaimed Property Fund that is in excess of $150,000 | | $500,000. |
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| | | Sec. T-29. 33 MRSA §1965, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 508, Pt. | | A, §2 and affected by §3, is amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Prescribed form. A claim of another state to recover | escheated or abandoned unclaimed property must be presented in | | a form prescribed by the administrator who shall decide the | | claim within 90 days after it is presented. The administrator | | shall allow the claim upon determining that the other state is | entitled to the abandoned unclaimed property under subsection | | 1. |
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| | | Sec. T-30. 33 MRSA §1971, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 508, Pt. | | A, §2 and affected by §3, is amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Confidentiality and use of documents and working papers. | | Information derived from annual reports from holders or | | otherwise communicated to the administrator or the | administrator's agents concerning abandoned unclaimed property | | is confidential and not available for public inspection to the | | extent the administrator finds necessary to protect the | | interests of the holder, the owner, this State and the public | | welfare. Documents and working papers obtained or compiled by | | the administrator or the administrator's agents, employees or | | designated representatives in the course of conducting an | | examination are confidential and are not public records, but | | the documents and papers may be: |
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| | | A. Used by the administrator in the course of an action | | to collect unclaimed property or otherwise enforce this | | Act; |
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| | | B. Used in joint examinations conducted with or pursuant | | to an agreement with another state, the Federal Government | | or any other governmental subdivision, agency, or | | instrumentality; |
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| | | C. Produced pursuant to subpoena or court order; or |
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