Bill Text: SC H4464 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits for cremation
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-12 - Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry [H4464 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2015-H4464-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 17-5-600, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERMITS FOR CREMATION WHICH MUST BE ISSUED BY CORONERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO FEE FOR A PERMIT FOR CREMATION MAY BE CHARGED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 17-5-600 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 17-5-600. When the body of any a dead person who died in the county is to be cremated, the person who has requested the cremation must secure a permit for the cremation from the coroner, deputy coroner, medical examiner, or deputy medical examiner. A person who wilfully fails to secure a permit for cremation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than twenty dollars and not more than five hundred dollars. A permit for cremation promptly must be acted upon by the coroner or medical examiner and no fee for a permit for cremation may be charged."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
