Cemeteries.
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- Introduced
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- Passed Assembly
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Overview
This bill amends California’s Cemetery and Funeral Act to establish an advisory committee for the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau, aiming to improve consumer and licensee engagement in regulatory activities. It also modifies reporting requirements for cemetery authorities, reducing the frequency of annual reports to every three or five years and altering the process for petitioning for extended reporting periods. Furthermore, the bill addresses the handling of abandoned cemeteries, outlining procedures for transferring ownership and honoring existing burial contracts, and allowing local governments to declare cemeteries abandoned under specific circumstances.
Key provisions
- Establishes an advisory committee for the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau to improve regulatory engagement.
- Reduces the frequency of annual reports from cemetery authorities to every three or five years.
- Removes the restriction on the bureau approving petitions for extended reporting periods (over 12 months).
- Outlines procedures for declaring cemeteries abandoned, including a one-year requirement and notice to the property owner.
- Specifies that title to abandoned endowment care cemeteries transfers to the declaring local government.
- Requires local governments to honor all prior burial contracts.
- Allows transfer of cemetery management to licensed funeral professionals or religious corporations.
- Permits local governments to transfer abandoned cemeteries to public cemetery districts.
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