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AB
207, Maze
This bill would amend the Penal Code to make it a crime, punishable
by imprisonment and fine to commit an act of vandalism to a
veterans’ memorial, monument or cemetery. Fines collected
will fund veteran’s hospitals, through appropriation in the budget.
CMAC Position: Support
Status: In Senate Public Safety Committee
AB
540, Bogh
This bill would require the immediate processing of the
certificate of death for an individual who is a police officer,
no later than 10 days following acceptance for registration.
CMAC Position: Watch
Status: Signed by Governor – Chapter 307
AB
548, Calderon
Existing law provides that the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau of the
Department of Consumers Affairs administer an examination to license
embalmers. This law would instead require embalmers to pass
the National Examination for Embalmers to obtain their license.
CMAC Position: Watch
Status: In Senate Business and Professions Committee
AB
683, Plescia
This bill creates a Governor’s Commission on Veterans
Cemeteries charged with making findings and recommendations to the
Governor on the possible establishment of State Veteran Cemeteries in
CA. The commission would expire on January 1, 2006.
CMAC Position: Watch
Status: Dead for this year
AB
777, Dutton
This bill was amended to deal with organ donations and no longer
is relevant to CMAC.
AB
1438, Longville
This bill allows for a business to request a copy of their
business records seized by a governmental agency if they can show
that the denial of access to the records would cause the entity to
suffer significant injury or financial hardship.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
AB
1493, Runner
This bill has been amended to establish felony penalties for the
offenses of sexual penetration of a dead human body and sexual contact
with a dead human body.
CMAC Position: Support
Status: In Senate Public Safety Committee
SB
2, Speier
This bill requires employers to provide health care coverage for
working Californians and their families.
CMAC Position: Watch
Status: Signed by Governor, Chapter 673
SB
17, Escutia
This bill has been substantially amended to declare the
Legislature’s intent that nonresidential property that changes
ownership be assessed when that change occurs.
CMAC Position: Watch
Status: In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
SB
341, Committee on Local Government
This bill enacts a new Public Cemetery District Law. It
repeals and replaces exiting law. It declares the Legislature’s intent
to create and continue a broad statutory authority for public cemetery
districts that can own, improve, expand, and operate public cemeteries.
The bill:
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Defines
how a new cemetery district would be formed
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Outlines
the role of the Board of trustees of the cemetery district
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Defines
the powers of the district
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Provides
that districts may sell interment right in its cemeteries,
columbaria and mausoleums, must comply with the Mausoleum and
Columbarium Law, and must establish an endowment care fund
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Defines
who may be interred in the district cemetery
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Identifies
how property tax revenue is provided to the district, and
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Allows
for the district to raise additional revenues.
Status:
Signed by Governor, Chapter 57
SB
360, Figueroa
This bill authorizes the Department of Consumer Affairs to doubles
all DCA Boards and Bureau fines.
CMAC Position: Watch
Status: In Assembly Business and Professions Committee
SB
363, Figueroa
This bill enacts the recommendations of the Joint Legislative Sunset
Review Committee. It extends the bureau’s inspection authority
to include premises where human remains are stored.
Status: Signed by Governor, Chapter 874
SB
748, McPherson
This bill creates the Governor’s Commission on State Veterans’
Cemeteries in the Department of Veterans Affairs to determine the need
for State Veterans’ Cemeteries and locate and prioritize future sites
for construction of such cemeteries.
Status: Signed by Governor, Chapter 466
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