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2004 SESSION

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HB 857 Perpetual care trust funds & preneed burial contracts; cemetery board to appt. receiver to oversee.

Introduced by: S. Chris Jones | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Cemetery Board; perpetual care trust funds and preneed burial contracts; appointment of receiver. Authorizes the Cemetery Board to petition the court to appoint a receiver to oversee the cemetery operations of a cemetery company in certain situations in order to protect the public. The bill also (i) increases the amount that a new cemetery company must place in an irrevocable perpetual care trust fund from $25,000 to $50,000, and (ii) clarifies that the principal of the trust fund must be used for perpetual care unless approval for other uses has been approved by the Board or the court. The bill requires the Board to promulgate regulations within 280 days.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/04  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 042760108  pdf | impact statement
• 03/15/04  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB857ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/25/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0192)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/14/04  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 042760108
• 01/14/04  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/19/04  House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 4
• 01/22/04  House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/04  House: Read first time
• 01/27/04  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/28/04  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/04  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/04  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/29/04  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/29/04  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/18/04  Senate: Reported from General Laws (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/04  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 02/20/04  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 02/23/04  Senate: Read third time
• 02/23/04  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/04  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/04  Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/04  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/04  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/04  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/15/04  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB857ER)
• 03/15/04  House: Enrolled
• 03/16/04  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/17/04  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/19/04  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 192 (effective - see bill)
• 03/25/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0192)