U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section
30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person:
Richard D. Surber
268 West 400 South - Suite 300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement - (Month/Day/Year) 12/5/2000
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary):
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol: Erly Industries, Inc.
OTC-Bulletin Board Symbol = ERLY
5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable):
__X___ Director ___X___10% Owner
__X___ Officer(give title below) __X__Other (specify below)
President, Director of Hudson Consulting Group, Inc.,
CyberAmerica Corp., Diversified Holdings, I, Inc., and Erly
Industries, Inc.
6. If Amendment, Date of Original(Month/Year):
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
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Common Stock 9,237,912 I Shares owned by Hudson Consulting Group, Inc.
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
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Table II--Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g.,puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4.Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security sion or ship Form Beneficial Ownership
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise of Deriv- (Instr. 5)
Date Price of ative
(Month/Day/Year) Deri- Security:
vative Direct
Security (D) or
Indirect
(I)
Instr. 5)
Date Expira- Amount or
Exer- tion Title Number of
cisable Date Shares
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses:
** Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
/s/ Richard Surber December 5, 2000
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
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