HOUSE BILL No. 5362

 

December 9, 2003, Introduced by Rep. LaSata and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Public health code,"                                                       

                                                                                

    (MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 2843c.                        

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 2843c.  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection                 

                                                                                

2   (2), a funeral director filing or certifying a death record                 

                                                                                

3   shall, in addition to paying any fee to the state registrar or              

                                                                                

4   the local registrar, pay an additional fee of $3.00 to the state            

                                                                                

5   or local registrar with whom the funeral director is filing or              

                                                                                

6   certifying the death record to be deposited into the consumer               

                                                                                

7   preneed protection fund created in section 17 of the cemetery               

                                                                                

8   regulation act, 1968 PA 251, MCL 456.537.  On a quarterly basis,            

                                                                                

9   the state registrar or local registrar shall forward the $3.00              

                                                                                

10  fee to the cemetery commissioner for deposit into the fund.                 

                                                                                

11      (2) Upon receipt of the cemetery commissioner of a notice to                

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   suspend the fee or to reactivate the suspension of the fee, the             

                                                                                

2   state registrar or local registrar shall suspend or reactivate              

                                                                                

3   the fee.