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B-286687 1 (2001-04-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptammv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: District of Columbia Courts Unclaimed Deposits File: B-286687 Date: April 13, 2001 DIGEST The District of Columbia Courts are required, pursuant to the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Revitalization Act), to deposit unclaimed deposits, currently held in the District of Columbia Treasury, in the United States Treasury, and should use the mechanism provided by 31 U.S.C. §§ 1321 and 1322 (dealing with trust funds and payments of unclaimed trust fund amounts), in consultation with the United States Treasury, to enable lawful owners to file claims for the unclaimed deposits. DECISION The District of Columbia Courts request an advance decision on the proper disposition of unclaimed deposits currently held in the accounts of the Courts in the District of Columbia Treasury, and if current legislation requires the unclaimed deposits to be deposited in the United States Treasury, what the proper mechanism is for lawful owners to file claims upon these funds. We conclude that the Courts are required to deposit the unclaimed deposits in the United States Treasury and should use the mechanism provided by 31 U.S.C. §§ 1321 and 1322 (dealing with trust funds and payments of unclaimed trust fund amounts), in consultation with the United States Treasury, to enable lawful owners to file claims for the unclaimed deposits. BACKGROUND The District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (Court Reform Act) transferred jurisdiction over all local judicial matters to a unified court system for the District. The Court Reform Act required fiscal officers in the District of Columbia court system to deposit in the United States Treasury all fines, forfeitures, fees, unclaimed deposits, and other moneys. Pub. L. No. 91-358, title I, § 111, 84 Stat. 511 (1970) (now codified as D.C. Code § 11-1723(a)(2)). In 1973, the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (Home Rule Act) established that all money received by any agency, officer, or employee of the District in its or his official capacity belonged to the District government and had to be paid promptly to the Mayor for deposit in the appropriate fund. Pub. L. No. 93-

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