HOUSE BILL 475

Sponsored By:

Delegate Owings

Entitled:

Funeral Homes - Issuance of Corporation Licenses

Synopsis:

Requiring the State Board of Morticians to issue a corporation license to a funeral home that was located in a cemetery, in existence before 1950, previously under a corporation license, destroyed by fire or other natural causes, and later rebuilt on the grounds of the same cemetery; prohibiting such a license from being transferred or sold independently of the funeral home; and requiring that such a license be subject to certain renewal provisions.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

2/10

First Reading Environmental Matters

2/17

Hearing 3/1 at 2:00 p.m.

2/24

Hearing cancelled

Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m.

3/22

Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters

Senate Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

CEMETERIES

COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES

CORPORATIONS -see also- MERGERS; MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

FUNERALS

LICENSES -see also- ALC. BEVERAGES LIC; DRIVERS' LIC

MORTICIANS

Bill affects the following Statute:

Health Occupations

( 7-309 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered