Relates to cemetery trust funds
This bill clarifies how cemetery corporations must manage their permanent maintenance and perpetual care trust funds to ensure the long-term upkeep of cemetery grounds. It mandates that the principal of these funds be invested in approved securities, with the resulting interest and dividends used exclusively for maintenance and preservation. The legislation also allows cemetery boards to use a portion of the fund's net appreciation or, under specific conditions, some of the principal for current expenses, provided they follow strict investment standards and give the cemetery board at least sixty days' notice. Additionally, the bill establishes a "safe harbor" rule that deems certain levels of principal usage as prudent, while requiring any court-ordered use of principal to be repaid as a loan unless the cemetery can prove it lacks sufficient future revenue.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
Assembly Passage
Jun 2024
Signed into Law
Dec 2024
Introduced Apr 11, 2023
Signed Dec 21, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 8, 2023 · Assembly Jun 3, 2024
How they voted
61–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 63
May 8, 2023
D
Democratic42
95% Yea
R
Republican21
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Dec 21, 2024
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.656
upper
Jun 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jun 3, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
Jun 3, 2024
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 3, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
upper
May 8, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
lower
May 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Apr 11, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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