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2004 SESSION

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SB 494 Cemeteries; penalty for damage to property.

Introduced by: William C. Mims | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Damage to cemetery property. Provides that a cemetery company owner or operator may bring an action to recover damages, including labor costs and reasonable attorneys' fees, for the willful or malicious destruction of cemetery property, regardless of whether the damaged property is owned by the cemetery. A restitution requirement is added to the criminal statute.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Damage to cemetery property. Provides that a cemetery company owner or operator may bring an action to recover damages, including labor costs and attorney's fees, for the willful or malicious destruction of cemetery property, regardless of whether the damaged property is owned by the cemetery. The bill also amends the statute criminalizing such destruction to provide that a cemetery owner or operator has standing to be the complaining witness in a prosecution regardless of whether the damaged property is owned by the cemetery. A restitution requirement is added to the criminal statute.