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HB 3763: Cemetery Preservation & Consumer Act

GENERAL BILL by Crist ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Trovillion ; Bainter ; Melvin ; Villalobos ; Peaden ; King ; Frankel ; Barreiro ; Heyman ; Crady ; Ritter ; Crow ; Rojas ; Andrews ; Murman ; Wise ; Miller ; Diaz de la Portilla ; Westbrook ; Spratt ; Bullard ; Morroni ; Hafner ; Futch ; Stabins ; Casey ; Morse ; Bitner ; Ogles ; Healey ; Jones ; Rodriguez-Chomat

Cemetery Preservation & Consumer Act; titles act as "Cemetery Preservation & Consumer Protection Act"; provides duty of care & maintenance of licensed cemeteries; provides rulemaking authority to Funeral & Cemetery Services Board; provides circumstances under which cemetery or component thereof may be deemed public nuisance & provides for abatement thereof; creates Task Force on Abandoned & Neglected Cemeteries within Banking & Finance Dept., etc. Amends Ch. 497, 245.07, 872.02. APPROPRIATION: $131,042.

Effective Date: 07/01/1998
Last Action: 5/28/1998 - Became Law without Governor's Signature; Chapter No. 98-268
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/24/1998 House • Prefiled
3/3/1998 House • Introduced -HJ 00055
3/31/1998 House • Referred to Real Property & Probate (JC) -HJ 00380
4/2/1998 House • On Committee agenda-- Real Property & Probate (JC), 04/08/98, 2:45 pm, 413C
4/8/1998 House • Comm. Action:-Unanimously Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Real Property & Probate (JC) -HJ 00521
4/9/1998 House • Pending Consent Calendar -HJ 00521; Placed on Justice Council Calendar -HJ 00520
4/14/1998 House • Read second time -HJ 00584; Amendment pending --Temporarily postponed -HJ 00590
4/15/1998 House • Pending amendment adopted -HJ 00602; Read third time -HJ 00603; Passed as amended; YEAS 110 NAYS 0 -HJ 00603
4/16/1998 Senate • In Messages
4/21/1998 Senate • Received, referred to Banking and Insurance; Community Affairs; Ways and Means -SJ 00753
5/1/1998 Senate • Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Community Affairs; Ways and Means -SJ 01744; Substituted for CS/SB 1572 -SJ 01744; Read second and third times -SJ 01744; Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 01744
5/1/1998 House • Ordered enrolled
5/12/1998 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
5/28/1998 • Became Law without Governor's Signature; Chapter No. 98-268