The Florida Senate

HB 629: Funeral & Cemetery Services

GENERAL BILL by Financial Services ; Crow

Funeral & Cemetery Services; revises terminology re cemeteries owned by religious institution; authorizes Banking & Finance Dept. & Funeral & Cemetery Services Board to adopt rules to allow for electronic submission of applications, documents, & fees & to provide for certification of compliance in lieu of submission of documents; eliminates reference to examination fee; increases annual license fees for certain cemeteries, etc. Amends Ch. 497.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/10/1999	House	• Prefiled
  1/14/2000	House	• Referred to Governmental Rules & Regulations (PRC); Finance & Taxation (FRC); General Government Appropriations (FRC)
  1/28/2000	House	• On Committee agenda-- Governmental Rules & Regulations (PRC), 02/08/00, 1:00 pm, 12-H
  2/8/2000	House	• Comm. Action: Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Governmental Rules & Regulations (PRC); YEAS 6 NAYS 0
  2/11/2000	House	• Now in Finance & Taxation (FRC)
  3/7/2000	House	• Introduced, referred to Governmental Rules & Regulations (PRC); Finance & Taxation (FRC); General Government Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00044; On Committee agenda-- Governmental Rules & Regulations (PRC), 02/08/00, 1:00 pm, 12-H; Comm. Action: Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Governmental Rules & Regulations (PRC); YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -HJ 00148; Now in Finance & Taxation (FRC) -HJ 00148; On Committee agenda-- Finance & Taxation (FRC), 03/09/00, 2:45 pm, Morris Hall
  3/9/2000	House	• Comm. Action: Favorable by Finance & Taxation (FRC); YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 00291
  3/13/2000	House	• Now in General Government Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00291
  4/7/2000	House	• On Committee agenda-- General Government Appropriations (FRC), 04/11/00, 1:00 pm, 214-C
  4/11/2000	House	• Comm. Action:-Favorable by General Government Appropriations (FRC); YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 00550
  4/13/2000	House	• Placed on calendar, available for General Calendar -HJ 00550
  4/24/2000	House	• Placed on General Calendar; Senate Bill substituted; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 156 (Ch. 2000-195) -HJ 00660

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• HB 629, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/28/2000 at 9:14 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:

  Financial Services (Post-Meeting) 2/3/2000 (pdf) Finance & Taxation (Post-Meeting) 3/7/2000 (pdf) Finance & Taxation (Post-Meeting) 3/10/2000 (pdf) General Government Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 4/10/2000 (pdf) General Government Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 4/12/2000 (pdf) Governmental Rules & Regulations (Post-Meeting) 2/4/2000 (pdf) Governmental Rules & Regulations (Post-Meeting) 2/8/2000 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 156 (e1)		Klein	Similar	Last Action: 6/5/2000 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2000-195 Location:

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  512955 - Amendment	Governmental Rules & Regulations	3/7/2000 4:35 AM		Web Page PDF

  Citations - Statutes (13)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  497.003	Cemeteries; exemption; investigation and mediation.
  497.005	Definitions.
  497.103	Rulemaking authority of board and department.
  497.117	Legal and investigative services.
  497.131	Disciplinary proceedings.
  497.213	Annual license fees.
  497.245	Care and maintenance trust fund, percentage of payments for burial rights to be deposited.
  497.341	Burial without regard to race or color.
  497.405	Certificate of authority required.
  497.407	Certificate of authority; annual statement; renewal; transfer.
  497.431	Examinations and investigations.
  497.435	Administrative fine in lieu of revocation or suspension of certificate of authority.
  497.439	Preneed sales agents.

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