l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 1303

Perpetual care cemeteries; require owners to maintain cemetery premises and provide penalties for violations.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 41-43-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE OWNERS OF PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERIES TO REASONABLY MAINTAIN THE PREMISES OF THE CEMETERY AND NOT ALLOW THE PREMISES TO BE NEGLECTED; TO PROVIDE THAT THIS REQUIREMENT IS A CONTRACTUAL DUTY OF THE CEMETERY OWNER; TO AMEND SECTION 41-43-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF AN EXAMINER OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE DETERMINES THAT THE CEMETERY PREMISES ARE IN A STATE OF NEGLECT OR NOT REASONABLY MAINTAINED, THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL PROVIDE THE CEMETERY OWNER WITH A PLAN OF CORRECTION AND REMEDIATION THAT SPECIFIES THE NECESSARY STEPS TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN THE PREMISES; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE CEMETERY OWNER FAILS TO ENACT THE PLAN OF CORRECTION AND REMEDIATION WITHIN 45 DAYS, THE OWNER IS IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION WILL BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OR BY SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF THE PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY REGISTRATION, OR BOTH; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

February 17 to March 3, 2020, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days

Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 17 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 17Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 17Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives