Rep. Chris Kassin (R-17) and Rep. Erik Muckey (D-15)

As state representatives, we’ve worked together for the past two years on the Joint Committee on Appropriations. As you might suspect, we don’t agree on everything, but we do seek out common ground whenever we can.

This election season, that common ground is Amendment K. We’re asking you to vote yes on this important amendment to our state’s constitution.

Amendment K takes the funds or assets the state holds for people who’ve lost track of them, known as unclaimed property, and places those claims in a constitutional trust fund. That trust fund lets the state spend only what that fund earns, and the principal stays where it is, available to pay every claim.

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Kathy Tyler1 month ago

This is not a constitutional issue! Put it in law where it can be changed if need be at a future date.

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Rep. Erik Muckey1 month ago

Kathy, the reason legislators came together to propose this as an amendment was to ensure it was not easy for legislators to start treating property that does not belong to the State as ordinary revenue.

The whole point of the Constitutional Amendment is to keep future legislators (and Governors) from changing the rules and raiding unclaimed property that needs to be held for claims.

I understand the argument, but I feel it's important to clarify why this amendment came forward.

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