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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">It is that time of year to start thinking about stale-dated checks and the escheatment process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Normally around this time of year (actually mid-June) OSPS generates a report that lists your agency’s outstanding checks that were issued more than two years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">State Agencies have a statutory responsibility to exercise due diligence in an effort to find the rightful owner of the check before it is submitted as Unclaimed Property to the Department
of State Lands (Reference ORS 98.352).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">In an effort to streamline the escheatment process and to help Agencies fulfill the due diligence requirement mentioned above, OSPS is instigating changes to the content, format and timing
of the report that is provided to Agencies. The new report will identify those stale-dated payees that are still active State employees and which agency they are currently employed with.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The new report will be available July 15<sup>th</sup> and we will send out another eNews announcing its availability and providing further instructions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions about this or anything else please contact our Help Desk at 503.378.6777 ‘0’ or by email<span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
</span><a href="mailto:osps.help@state.or.us">osps.help@state.or.us</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Seth Lewis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Senior System Analyst<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">DAS/EGS/FBS/Oregon Statewide Payroll Services<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">503.373.0259 - direct<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">503.378.3518 - fax<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:seth.lewis@state.or.us">seth.lewis@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Visit Our Online Resource Center: <a href="http://cms.oregon.egov.com/DAS/EGS/FBS/OSPS/Pages/index.aspx">
State of Oregon: Oregon Statewide Payroll Services</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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