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HB 181: Funeral & Cemetery Services

GENERAL BILL by Lynn

Funeral & Cemetery Services; revises references re burial records & need determinations; provides & revises definitions; increases minimum acreage requirements to establish cemetery company; requires contracts for construction of mausoleums, columbaria, & belowground crypts to disclose month & year construction is scheduled to begin; revises provisions re prohibition on sale of personal property & services, etc. Amends Ch. 497.

Effective Date: 07/01/2001
 Last Action: 1/23/2001 House - Withdrawn prior to introduction,Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1610 (Ch. 2001-120) -HJ 00025
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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/19/2001 House • Prefiled
    1/23/2001 House • Withdrawn prior to introduction,Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1610 (Ch. 2001-120) -HJ 00025

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  • HB 181, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/21/2001 at 12:35 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (4)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    H 991 (c1) Funeral & Cemetery Services Mayfield Compare 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)
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    H 1399 Funeral & Cemetery Services Lynn Compare 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)
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    S 1610 (c1) Latvala Compare Last Action: 5/31/2001 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2001-120
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    S 1924 Funeral & Cemetery Services Pruitt Compare 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)
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    Citations - Statutes (15)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    497.003 Cemeteries; exemption; investigation and mediation.
    497.005 Definitions.
    497.201 Cemetery companies; license; application; fee.
    497.245 Care and maintenance trust fund, percentage of payments for burial rights to be deposited.
    497.249 Care and maintenance trust fund; financial reports.
    497.253 Minimum acreage; sale or disposition of cemetery lands.
    497.257 Construction of mausoleums, columbaria, and belowground crypts; preconstruction trust fund; compliance requirement.
    497.309 Records.
    497.337 Prohibition on sale of personal property or services.
    497.353 Owners to provide addresses; presumption of abandonment; abandonment procedures; sale of abandoned unused burial rights.
    497.405 Certificate of authority required.
    497.425 Alternatives to deposits under s. 497.417.
    497.429 Alternative preneed contracts.
    497.431 Examinations and investigations.
    497.445 Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined.

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