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1998 SESSION

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HB 1333 Cemetery Board; created.

Introduced by: Anne G. Rhodes | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Department of Professions and Occupations; Cemetery Board. Creates the Cemetery Board at the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation for the regulation of certain cemeteries, preneed burials contracts, and perpetual care trust accounts. The bill transfers control of preneed burial contract and the administration of perpetual care trusts from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to this newly created board. The bill also increases from 40 to 100 percent the trusting requirements for preneed burial contracts (as is currently required for preneed funeral contracts), and prohibits cemetery companies from engaging in in-person solicitations. The bill also contains technical amendments.


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