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2004 News & Information:
 

Permits
You have been concerned about the requirement to obtain a permit when moving remains from plot to plot within the cemetery.

The Office of Vital Records has finally agreed that in the near future this will no longer be necessary.

In about a month, the Office of Vital Records will update the Birth and Death Registration Handbook and the section on Dispositions will be changed to state that permits are not necessary to move remains from plot to plot (or the wording currently there now may be taken out.)  Until the handbook is updated you will need to obtain the permit.

  

Endowment Care Legislation
CMAC
’s endowment care increase legislation has been amended into AB 95.  For a copy go to:
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/ab_95_bill_20040826_amended_sen.pdf

  
Legislative Summary - July 2004
  

U. S. Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) has introduced H.R. 4112, a bill “to establish consumer protections including disclosure requirements, relating to funeral service contracts and for other purposes.”  The bill was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

The bill is similar to the bill that Foley introduced in the closing days of Congress in November 2002.  At that time, Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) introduced a companion bill in the Senate, but no similar bill has yet been announced for the U. S. Senate.

Click here to download this bill as a PDF file.

 
Legislative Summary - March 2004
  
Legislative Summary - February 2004
 
Sen. Dodd Releases GAO Report on
State Death Care Regulation and Enforcement
"Death Care Industry - Regulation Varies across States and by Industry Segment"
Federal Do Not Call List Information
Legislation Passed in 2003 CMAC Legislative Reports
  
Final Recommendations for the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau
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