Bill Text: CA SB1131 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Senate Bill 1131 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Public cemetery districts: interments.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-09 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 65, Statutes of 2012. [SB1131 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB1131-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 1131	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  65
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 9, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 9, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 10, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 25, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 8, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 25, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator La Malfa
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Nielsen)
   (Coauthor: Senator Wolk)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Yamada)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2012

   An act to add Section 9063.9 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to cemeteries.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1131, La Malfa. Public cemetery districts: interments.
   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 Cottonwood Cemetery District in
Shasta County, the Anderson Cemetery District in Shasta County, and
the Silveyville Cemetery District in Solano 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 and Solano Counties.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 9063.9 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   9063.9.  Notwithstanding Sections 9060 and 9061, the Cottonwood
Cemetery District in Shasta County, the Anderson Cemetery District in
Shasta 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 Cottonwood
Cemetery District and the Anderson Cemetery District in Shasta
County, and the Silveyville Cemetery District in Solano County.