Bill Text: CA SB1291 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Public cemetery districts: Halcumb Cemetery District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-25 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 276, Statutes of 2014. [SB1291 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1291-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1291	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  276
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 25, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 25, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 7, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 11, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Nielsen

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 9063.9 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public cemetery districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1291, Nielsen. Public cemetery districts: Halcumb Cemetery
District.
   The Public Cemetery District Law specifies the procedures for the
formation of public cemetery districts, procedures for the selection
of the district board of trustees and officers, and the powers and
duties of the board. That law limits interments in public cemetery
district cemeteries to residents of the district and nonresidents who
meet specified criteria. Existing law also permits interments of
nonresidents in designated public cemetery districts, under certain
circumstances.
   This bill would authorize the Halcumb Cemetery District in Shasta
County to use their cemeteries for up to a total of 400 interments
each, not to exceed 40 interments each per calendar year, to inter
nonresidents and nonproperty taxpayers, if specified conditions are
met.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for Shasta County.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 9063.9 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   9063.9.  Notwithstanding Sections 9060 and 9061, the Cottonwood
Cemetery District in Shasta County, the Anderson Cemetery District in
Shasta County, the Halcumb Cemetery District in Shasta County, the
Kern River Valley Cemetery District in Kern County, and the
Silveyville Cemetery District in Solano County may use their
cemeteries for up to a total of 400 interments each, not to exceed 40
interments each per calendar year, for interment in the ground or a
columbarium of any person who is not a resident or a property
taxpayer of any cemetery district, and who does not qualify for that
interment pursuant to Section 9061, if all of the following apply:
   (a) The board of trustees determines that the district's cemetery
has adequate space for the foreseeable future.
   (b) The district has an endowment care fund that requires a
contribution for every interment of at least the minimum amount set
pursuant to Sections 8738 and 9065.
   (c) The district requires the payment of a nonresident fee set
pursuant to Section 9068.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique circumstances pertaining to the Halcumb
Cemetery District.