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H. 4464
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. King
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Introduced in the House on January 12, 2016
Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
Summary: Permits for cremation
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/3/2015 House Prefiled
12/3/2015 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
1/12/2016 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 72)
1/12/2016 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
(House Journal-page 72)
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VERSIONS OF THIS 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.
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