HOUSE BILL No. 5361

 

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

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1986 PA 255, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Prepaid funeral contract funding act,"                                     

                                                                                

    (MCL 328.211 to 328.235) by adding section 7a.                              

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 7a.  (1) As used in this section, "registrar" means the                

                                                                                

2   state registrar or a local registrar as those terms are defined             

                                                                                

3   under part 28 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL                   

                                                                                

4   333.2801 to 333.2899.                                                       

                                                                                

5       (2) In addition to the fee imposed for a death certificate                  

                                                                                

6   and subject to subsection (3), a person licensed under article 18           

                                                                                

7   of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.1801 to 339.1812,            

                                                                                

8   who is a contract seller shall pay an additional fee of $3.00 to            

                                                                                

9   the registrar issuing the permit for deposit into the fund.                 

                                                                                

10      (3) The additional fee of $3.00 is not required under                       

                                                                                

11  circumstances where the cemetery commissioner has notified the              

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   registrar to suspend the fee.