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CS/SB 1610: Funeral & Cemetery Services

GENERAL BILL by Banking and Insurance ; Latvala ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Wasserman Schultz ; Lee ; Sullivan ; Mitchell ; Miller ; Lawson ; Peaden ; Posey ; Cowin

Funeral & Cemetery Services; revises references re need determinations; increases minimum acreage requirements to establish cemetery company; eliminates need determinations for new cemeteries; clarifies provisions governing authorized trust companies, banks, & savings & loan associations; authorizes care & maintenance trust funds to be established with federal savings & loan association holding trust powers in this state, etc. Amends Chs. 470, 497.

Effective Date: 07/01/2001
Last Action: 5/31/2001 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2001-120
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/6/2001 Senate • Filed
    3/16/2001 Senate • Introduced, referred to Banking and Insurance -SJ 00161
    3/28/2001 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 04/02/01, 2:00 pm, 110-S --Temporarily postponed
    4/4/2001 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 04/09/01, 12:00 Noon, 110-S --Temporarily postponed
    4/11/2001 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 04/16/01, 1:00 pm, 110-S
    4/16/2001 Senate • CS by- Banking and Insurance; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 00397; CS read first time on 04/18/01 -SJ 00402
    4/18/2001 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on second reading -SJ 00397
    4/25/2001 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00465; Read second time -SJ 00459
    4/26/2001 Senate • Read third time -SJ 00538; CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 00539
    4/27/2001 Senate • Immediately certified -SJ 00549
    4/27/2001 House • In Messages; Received, placed on Calendar, on second reading -HJ 00972; Substituted for CS/HB 991; Read second time -HJ 00972
    4/30/2001 House • Read third time -HJ 01398; CS passed; YEAS 109 NAYS 0 -HJ 01398
    4/30/2001 Senate • Ordered enrolled -SJ 00661
    5/16/2001 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
    5/31/2001 • Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2001-120

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  • CS/SB 1610, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 5/3/2001 at 4:37 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (5)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    H 991 (c1) Funeral & Cemetery Services Mayfield Similar Last Action: 4/27/2001 H Placed on Special Order Calendar; Senate Bill substituted; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1610 (Ch. 2001-120)
    Location:
    H 1399 Funeral & Cemetery Services Lynn Similar Last Action: 5/4/2001 H Died in Committee on Banking (CCC), Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1610 (Ch. 2001-120)
    Location:
    S 1924 Funeral & Cemetery Services Pruitt Similar Last Action: 5/4/2001 S Died in Committee on Banking and Insurance, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1610 (Ch. 2001-120)
    Location:
    H 181 Funeral & Cemetery Services Lynn Compare Last Action: 1/23/2001 H Withdrawn prior to introduction,Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1610 (Ch. 2001-120) -HJ 00025
    Location:
    S 2070 Disposition of Body Saunders Compare Last Action: 5/4/2001 S Died in Committee on Regulated Industries, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1610 (Ch. 2001-120)
    Location:

    Citations - Statutes (12)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    470.002 Definitions.
    497.003 Cemeteries; exemption; investigation and mediation.
    497.005 Definitions.
    497.201 Cemetery companies; license; application; fee.
    497.237 Care and maintenance trust fund; remedy of department for noncompliance.
    497.245 Care and maintenance trust fund, percentage of payments for burial rights to be deposited.
    497.253 Minimum acreage; sale or disposition of cemetery lands.
    497.353 Owners to provide addresses; presumption of abandonment; abandonment procedures; sale of abandoned unused burial rights.
    497.405 Certificate of authority required.
    497.417 Disposition of proceeds received on contracts.
    497.425 Alternatives to deposits under s. 497.417.
    497.429 Alternative preneed contracts.

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  • CS/SB 1610, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 4/19/2001 at 1:55 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting) 4/16/2001 (pdf)

    Floor Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    031160 - Amendment
    Garcia 4/24/2001
    4:03 PM
    Web Page
    PDF
    303074 - Amendment
    Garcia 4/24/2001
    4:20 PM
    Web Page
    PDF
    361292 - Amendment
    Dyer 4/25/2001
    2:16 PM
    Web Page
    PDF

    Floor Votes (2)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/26/2001 5:35 PM Senate 37 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/30/2001 3:15 PM House 109 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (12)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    470.002 Definitions.
    497.003 Cemeteries; exemption; investigation and mediation.
    497.005 Definitions.
    497.201 Cemetery companies; license; application; fee.
    497.237 Care and maintenance trust fund; remedy of department for noncompliance.
    497.245 Care and maintenance trust fund, percentage of payments for burial rights to be deposited.
    497.253 Minimum acreage; sale or disposition of cemetery lands.
    497.353 Owners to provide addresses; presumption of abandonment; abandonment procedures; sale of abandoned unused burial rights.
    497.405 Certificate of authority required.
    497.417 Disposition of proceeds received on contracts.
    497.425 Alternatives to deposits under s. 497.417.
    497.429 Alternative preneed contracts.

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  • SB 1610, Original Filed Version Posted 3/9/2001 at 1:37 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    497.417 Disposition of proceeds received on contracts.
    497.425 Alternatives to deposits under s. 497.417.
    497.429 Alternative preneed contracts.

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