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CS/HB 495: Funeral & Cemetery Services

GENERAL BILL by Brown ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Anderson ; Baxley ; Cretul ; Cusack ; Davis ; Dean ; Fiorentino ; Gibson ; Harrell ; Holloway ; Jennings ; Kendrick ; Kilmer ; Machek ; McInvale ; Needelman ; Patterson ; Pickens ; Planas ; Rivera ; Robaina ; Roberson, Y ; Sansom ; Spratt ; Stansel ; Troutman ; Zapata

Funeral & Cemetery Services; establishes Division of Funeral, Cemetery, & Consumer Services & Board of Funeral, Cemetery, & Consumer Services within Financial Services Dept.; provides duties of said division; provides for type two transfer of Board of Funeral Directors & Embalmers to Financial Services Dept.; extends embalmer apprentice period; provides additional requirements to be direct disposal establishment, etc. Amends FS.

Effective Date: 07/01/2003 except as otherwise provided
Last Action: 5/2/2003 House - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted CS/SB 2016 (Died on House Calendar); Laid on Table -HJ 01099
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/21/2003 House • Prefiled
    2/26/2003 House • Referred to State Administration
    3/4/2003 House • Introduced, referred to State Administration -HJ 00054
    4/23/2003 House • On Committee agenda-- State Administration, 04/23/03, 8:30 am, Reed Hall; Favorable with CS amendment by- State Administration; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -HJ 00719
    4/28/2003 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 6.3(b)
    5/1/2003 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 00719
    5/2/2003 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted CS/SB 2016 (Died on House Calendar); Laid on Table -HJ 01099

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  • CS/HB 495, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/28/2003 at 3:16 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    S 2016 (e2) Funeral & Cemetery Services Pruitt Similar Last Action: 5/2/2003 H Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted for HB 495 -HJ 01099; Read second time -HJ 01099; Read third time -HJ 01103; Temporarily postponed on third reading; On Unfinished Business -HJ 01103; Died on Calendar
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    Citations - Statutes (42)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    20.121 Department of Financial Services.
    20.165 Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
    455.2226 Funeral directors and embalmers; instruction on HIV and AIDS.
    470.002 Definitions.
    470.003 Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; membership; appointment; terms.
    470.0085 Establishment of embalmer apprentice program.
    470.018 Renewal of registration of direct disposer.
    470.021 Direct disposal establishment; standards and location; registration.
    470.024 Funeral establishment; licensure.
    470.025 Cinerator facility; licensure.
    470.0255 Cremation; procedure required.
    470.028 Preneed sales; registration of agents.
    470.029 Reports of cases embalmed and bodies handled.
    470.031 Prohibitions; penalties.
    470.0355 Identification of human remains.
    470.036 Disciplinary proceedings.
    497.005 Definitions.
    497.101 Board of Funeral and Cemetery Services; membership; appointment; terms.
    497.102
    497.1021
    497.1022
    497.105 Department of Banking and Finance; powers and duties.
    497.107 Headquarters.
    497.109 Board of Funeral and Cemetery Services; membership.
    497.117 Legal and investigative services.
    497.201 Cemetery companies; license; application; fee.
    497.253 Minimum acreage; sale or disposition of cemetery lands.
    497.305 Cemetery companies; authorized functions.
    497.306
    497.307
    497.325 Illegal tying arrangements.
    497.333 Disclosure of information to public.
    497.361 Registration of monument establishments.
    497.365
    497.371
    497.379
    497.385
    497.391
    497.395
    497.405 Certificate of authority required.
    497.419 Cancellation of, or default on, preneed contracts.
    497.436 Inactive and revoked certificateholders.

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  • HB 495, Original Filed Version Posted 2/21/2003 at 1:29 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   State Administration (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

    Citations - Statutes (19)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    20.165 Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
    455.2226 Funeral directors and embalmers; instruction on HIV and AIDS.
    470.002 Definitions.
    470.003 Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; membership; appointment; terms.
    470.018 Renewal of registration of direct disposer.
    470.029 Reports of cases embalmed and bodies handled.
    470.0355 Identification of human remains.
    497.005 Definitions.
    497.101 Board of Funeral and Cemetery Services; membership; appointment; terms.
    497.105 Department of Banking and Finance; powers and duties.
    497.107 Headquarters.
    497.109 Board of Funeral and Cemetery Services; membership.
    497.117 Legal and investigative services.
    497.201 Cemetery companies; license; application; fee.
    497.253 Minimum acreage; sale or disposition of cemetery lands.
    497.325 Illegal tying arrangements.
    497.333 Disclosure of information to public.
    497.361 Registration of monument establishments.
    497.419 Cancellation of, or default on, preneed contracts.

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