| 1 | Representative Nelson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 27 and 28, insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (22) of section |
| 6 | 497.005, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 497.005 Definitions.--As used in this chapter: |
| 8 | (22) "Cremation container" means the casket or alternative |
| 9 | container in which the human remains are transported to and |
| 10 | placed in the cremation chamber for a cremation. A cremation |
| 11 | container should meet substantially all of the following |
| 12 | standards: |
| 13 | (a) Be composed of readily combustible or consumable |
| 14 | materials suitable for cremation. |
| 15 | Section 3. Paragraph (h) of subsection (9) of section |
| 16 | 497.606, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 17 | 497.606 Cinerator facility, licensure required; licensing |
| 18 | procedures and criteria; license renewal; regulation.-- |
| 19 | (9) REGULATION OF CINERATOR FACILITIES.-- |
| 20 | (h) Each cinerator facility shall ensure that all |
| 21 | alternative containers, cremation containers, or caskets used |
| 22 | for cremation contain no amount of chlorinated plastics not |
| 23 | authorized by the Department of Environmental Protection, that |
| 24 | they also are composed of readily combustible or consumable |
| 25 | materials suitable for cremation, able to be closed to provide a |
| 26 | complete covering for the human remains, resistant to leakage or |
| 27 | spillage, rigid enough for handling with ease, and able to |
| 28 | provide for the health, safety, and personal integrity of the |
| 29 | public and crematory personnel. |
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| 35 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 36 | Remove line 10 and insert: |
| 37 | F.S.; amending ss. 497.005 and 497.606, F.S.; revising |
| 38 | requirements for the material composition of cremation |
| 39 | containers; providing an effective date. |
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