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.