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1998 SESSION
SB 700 Cemetery Board; created.
Introduced by: W. Henry Maxwell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
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 prohibits cemetery companies from engaging in in-person solicitations that are misleading, fraudulent or not for the stated purpose. The bill requires the Board for Professional and Occupational Regulation to conduct a study to determine the appropriate level of regulation of cemetery companies and related trust funds. The Board is also required to determine the approximate costs to regulants, the affected businesses and the impact on consumers. The findings of the Board are required to be reported to the Governor and the 1999 session of the General Assembly by December 1, 1998. This bill is identical to HB 1077.
FULL TEXT
- 01/26/98 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 988953705 pdf
- 02/12/98 Senate: Committee substitute printed 987612705-S1 pdf
- 03/05/98 House: Committee substitute printed 981607146-H1 pdf
- 03/30/98 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB700ER) pdf
- 05/04/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/26/98 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 988953705
- 01/26/98 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/11/98 Senate: Reported from General Laws with sub. (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/12/98 Senate: Committee substitute printed 987612705-S1
- 02/12/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/98 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/98 Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/98 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/13/98 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 987612705-S1
- 02/13/98 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/16/98 Senate: Read second time
- 02/16/98 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 987612705-S1
- 02/17/98 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/17/98 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/19/98 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/20/98 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/20/98 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/23/98 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 5
- 03/05/98 House: Reported from General Laws with sub. (25-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/98 House: Committee substitute printed 981607146-H1
- 03/06/98 House: Read second time
- 03/09/98 House: Read third time
- 03/09/98 House: Committee substitute agreed to 981607146-H1
- 03/09/98 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/10/98 House: Read third time
- 03/10/98 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 981607146-H1
- 03/10/98 House: Passed House with substitute (94-Y 5-N)
- 03/10/98 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (94-Y 5-N)
- 03/12/98 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/12/98 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/98 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE SUBSTITUTE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/30/98 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB700ER)
- 04/06/98 Senate: Enrolled
- 04/06/98 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/08/98 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/16/98 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 708 (effective-see bill)
- 05/04/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708)