To: Board of Supervisors
Department or Agency Name(s): Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector
Staff Name and Phone Number: Erick Roeser 565-3285/Jennifer Murray 565-3679
Vote Requirement: Majority
Supervisorial District(s): Countywide
Title:
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Reissuance of Voided Warrant
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Recommended Action:
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Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector to reissue a warrant totaling $2,659.06.
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Executive Summary:
The County of Sonoma is the successor agency to the former Palm Drive Health Care District (District) and is therefore responsible for winding up the affairs of the District, which includes issuing bankruptcy payments required under the former District’s bankruptcy plan. The Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector (ACTTC) is requesting the Board adopt a resolution authorizing the ACTTC to reissue a scheduled District bankruptcy payment that was not cashed within a six-month period and became void over two years ago. Staff verified the identity of the payee and that the funds totaling $2,659.06 remain unclaimed in the District Fund and are available for reissuance.
Discussion:
Upon dissolution of the Palm Drive Health Care District (District) in August 2020, and pursuant to California Government Code §§ 57450-57463 under the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, the County of Sonoma became the successor to the District with the responsibility of winding up the District’s affairs. As successor, the County of Sonoma Board of Supervisors (Board) has the same powers and duties as the legislative body of the District, including issuing bankruptcy settlement payments and other obligations.
District bankruptcy settlement payments that are not cashed within a six-month period become void. When this occurs, Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector (ACTTC) staff attempts to contact the payee to reissue the warrant. In May, 2025, ACTTC staff conducted due diligence to determine if the payee of the bankruptcy settlement payment could be located. Upon successful location of the payee, who cannot present the original warrant, ACTTC staff has verified the identity of the payee and confirmed the amount of $2,659.06 is still unclaimed and available for reissuance. The ACTTC has further determined it would be inequitable and unreasonable to not reissue the warrant in question.
Government Code §29802 allows for warrants to be reissued by Board resolution in certain circumstances.
The Board approved Resolution No. 91-0269 on February 21, 1991, granting authority to the ACTTC to reissue warrants when 1) the payee presents the original warrant or declares by affidavit the warrant has been lost or destroyed within two years from the date on which the original warrant became void, or 2) the payee presents the original warrant after a period of two years from the date on which the original warrant became void. Resolution No. 91-0269 does not apply to the current situation and ACTTC is therefore requesting Board authority to reissue the warrant.
Strategic Plan:
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Racial Equity:
Was this item identified as an opportunity to apply the Racial Equity Toolkit?
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Prior Board Actions:
12/3/2024: Resolution No. 24-0485 authorizing the Sonoma County Auditor‐Controller‐Treasurer‐Tax Collector to reissue warrants of unclaimed funds on deposit in the Palm Drive Health Care District fund voided over two years ago issued for bankruptcy settlement payments.
02/21/1991: Resolution No. 91-0269 authorizing the County Auditor-Controller to replace voided warrants whenever the payee presents the original warrant and authorizing the County Auditor-Controller to replace warrants, presented within a period of two years from the voiding of the original warrant if the payee presents a lost or destroyed warrant affidavit to the Auditor.
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Attachments:
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