LR 3010. DIVIDENDS - SMALL (Chapter 13 Cases). In a chapter 13 plan, the trustee may disburse funds to creditors receiving a pro rata share distribution regardless of dollar amount. LR 3011. UNCLAIMED FUNDS. (a) Procedure for requesting payment. (1) Any entity seeking the payment of unclaimed funds shall file with the clerk a written application on forms prescribed by the clerk and submit the prescribed fee. The applicant shall disclose at a minimum the following: (A) The service(s) rendered by any asset recovery firm, also known as fund locators; (B) Any agreement of commission, fees, compensation or reimbursement of expenses; and (C) The amount(s) requested. (2) In no event may any commission, fee, compensation or reimbursement of expenses exceed fifty percent (50%) of the claim dividend sought to be recovered. Procedures and forms for the filing of an application shall be available upon request from the clerk. (b) Order. The clerk shall not process a payment from the unclaimed funds account without receiving a written order of the court and the prescribed fee. LR 3015. CHAPTER 13 PLAN AND CONFIRMATION. (a) Standard form of chapter 13 plans and orders confirming chapter 13 plans. Upon approval of the court, each chapter 13 standing trustee may issue a form chapter 13 plan and a form order for confirming a chapter 13 plan. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the format prescribed by the trustee must be observed. The standing trustees may from time to time, upon approval of the court, revise the form plans and orders. When revised, the form plans and orders shall be reissued with a notation of the effective date of the revision. (b) Chapter 13 plan guidelines. Each chapter 13 standing trustee may issue guidelines for the administration of chapter 13 plans. The guidelines will set forth positions which will generally be followed by the trustee in the administration of plans. The guidelines may also set procedures for the scheduling of confirmation hearings, filing objections to confirmation and submitting orders confirming chapter 13 plans. The standing trustees may from time to time, revise the guidelines. When revised, the guidelines shall be reissued in full with a notation of the effective date of the revision. (c) Copies of form plans and guidelines. Copies of the form plan, the form order confirming a chapter 13 plan, and guidelines shall be available from each trustee upon request. Each trustee shall maintain a mailing matrix of all persons requesting copies. Upon any revision, the standing trustee shall mail a copy of the reissued plan and guidelines to each person on the matrix. (d) Extension of time. Any motion to extend the time to file a plan must be filed within the fifteen (15) day time period provided by Fed. R. Bank. P. 3015(b), and any such motion will be set on a hearing date of not less than ten (10) days notice. LR 3016. CHAPTER 11 PLAN AND DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS. (a) Filing and hearing. An original plan and three (3) copies shall be submitted in a chapter 11 case. If a chapter 11 plan has not been filed or approved within six (6) months after commencement of the case, the debtor in possession must file a report with the court explaining why a plan has not been filed or approved and setting forth a time frame for filing and hearing the disclosure statement and plan confirmation. Thereafter, the report must be updated on a quarterly basis. (b) Failure of compliance. Failure to comply with the provisions of this rule may be grounds for conversion or dismissal of the case. (c) Small business chapter 11 reorganization cases. In a chapter 11 reorganization case, a debtor that qualifies as a small business as defined by 11 U.S.C. 101 (51C), may elect to be considered a small business by filing a written statement of election no later that sixty (60) days after the date of the order for relief pursuant to Fed. R. Bank. P. 1020 or by a later date as the court, for cause, may fix. If an election is made, the procedure for approval of disclosure statements shall be conducted pursuant to Fed. R. Bank. P. 3017.1. (d) Expedited chapter 11 procedures. Notwithstanding a failure to make an election under Fed. R. Bank. P. 1020 discussed in subsection (c) of this rule, the court may, sua sponte, or at the suggestion of or on ex parte motion by the plan proponent, the United States trustee, the trustee, or any party in interest, enter an order in any chapter 11 case implementing expedited confirmation procedures, including but not limited to: (1) Early deadlines for submitted plans and disclosure statements; (2) Conditional approval of disclosure statements without hearing; and (3) Combine a hearing on the conditionally approved disclosure statement and confirmation of plan in a single hearing. (e) Procedure for requesting conditional approval of disclosure statement. The plan proponent may file an ex parte motion for conditional approval of the disclosure statement, with the hearing on the adequacy of the disclosure statement to be combined with the hearing on confirmation. Such application must be accompanied by a certificate of counsel stating: (1) the circumstances which favor the preliminary approval of the disclosure statement; (2) the total number of creditors, value of assets and amount of claims as reflected in the debtor’s schedules; and (3) that the proposed disclosure statement contains the information required by LR 3016(f). The notice regarding hearing on a conditionally approved disclosure statement combined with confirmation of a plan shall make clear that creditors and parties in interest may object to the conditionally approved disclosure statement as permitted by Fed. R. Bank. P. 3017.1. (f) Contents of disclosure statement. The disclosure statement should include, at a minimum: (1) A statement regarding the debtor’s background, ownership, and pre-bankruptcy operating and financial history; (2) A discussion of the reason for the bankruptcy filing; (3) A summary of proceedings to date in the bankruptcy case; (4) A summary of assets; (5) A description of unclassified claims, including estimated amounts of administrative and priority claims; (6) A description of claims by class, including an estimate of the amount of claims in each class as reflected by the schedules and proofs of claim on file; (7) A summary of the treatment of unclassified and classified claims under the proposed plan; (8) A summary of the treatment of executory contracts under the proposed plan; (9) A liquidation analysis; (10) A statement as to how the proponent intends to achieve the payments proposed; and (11) The disclosures required by 11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(5). LR 3018. BALLOTS - VOTING ON PLANS; ACCEPTANCE/REJECTION OF PLANS. (a) Filing of ballot summary. The proponent of a chapter 11 plan shall: (1) File a Certification of Acceptance and Rejection of Chapter 11 Plan (ballot summary) no later than one (1) business day prior to the hearing on confirmation of the plan. The ballot summary must be signed by the plan proponent and must certify to the court the amount and number of allowed claims of each class accepting or rejecting the plan and the amount of allowed interests of each class accepting or rejecting the plan; and (2) Have all of the original ballots available at the hearing for inspection and review by the court and any interested party. (3) In addition to the above requirements, the presiding judge may order the filing of an amended ballot summary with the original ballots attached thereto. (b) Duty of plan proponent. It is the responsibility of the plan proponent: (1) To tabulate the ballots of those accepting and rejecting the plan; and (2) In the event the original ballots are not filed with the court, to maintain those original ballots for a period of not less than one (1) year. LR 3019. CHAPTER 11 - AMENDMENTS TO PLANS. At the hearing on confirmation of a chapter 11 plan, the court may consider modifications to the plan. Such modifications may be incorporated in the order confirming the plan. Any notice of a confirmation hearing under Fed. R. Bank. P. 2002(b) shall provide notice that such modifica­tions may be considered at the confirmation hearing. LR 3020. CHAPTER 11 - CONFIRMATION. (a) Order confirming plan. In addition to the requirements of Fed. R. Bank. P. 3020(c), the order confirming a chapter 11 plan shall contain the following provisions: (1) “Until the entry of the final decree, the debtor shall file with the clerk, not later than twenty (20) days after the end of the calendar quarter which occurs after the entry of this order, and every six (6) months thereafter, a report of the action taken by the reorganized debtor and the progress made toward consummation of the confirmed plan. Said report shall include, at a minimum, the following information: (A) A schedule of any personal property costing more than $5,000 and any real property acquired, sold or disposed of since confirmation of the plan and the price paid for each;

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