File Code: Business Regulation and Occupations
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 471
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Morhaim, Harrison, and Muse (Task Force to Examine the
State's Cemetery and Funeral Industry) and Delegates Pitkin, Finifter,
DeCarlo, Frank, Holt, Kittleman, and M. Burns
- Entitled:
-
Morticians and Cemeteries - Preneed Contracts - Trust and Escrow
Requirements
Changing the trust and escrow requirements for specified sellers of
preneed contracts for funeral and cemetery goods and services;
providing that a buyer of a preneed burial contract may receive a
refund at any time; providing for the distribution of accrued income
between the buyer and seller of a preneed contract; requiring sellers
of preneed contracts to provide specified disclosures and price lists
to buyers; specifying reporting requirements for specified sellers of
preneed contracts; etc.
House Action
- 1/29
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/4
- Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/3
- Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Michael W. Burns, District 32
- Cemetery & Funeral Ind., T. F. to Examin e th
- Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
- Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
- Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11
- Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
- Delegate Kenneth C. Holt, District 6
- Delegate Robert H. Kittleman, District 14B
- Delegate C. Anthony Muse, District 26
- Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- AUDITORS AND AUDITS
- CEMETERIES
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.
- CONTRACTS -see also- LAND INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS; PROCUREMENT
- DISCLOSURE
- ESCROW ACCOUNTS
- FUNERALS
- INTEREST
- MORTICIANS
- PRICES
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- TITLES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Business Regulation
- (
5-401 ,
5-404 ,
5-405 ,
5-409 ,
5-410
)
- Health Occupations
- (
7-405 ,
7-405
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)