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SB 0083 - Authorizes the Use of Cremation for County Funded Burials of Paupers
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Tracking Level: Support
Sponsor: Gooch, Steve 51st
Last Action: 7/1/2013 - Senate - Effective Date
State Code Titles: 36
Senate Committee: SLGO
House Committee: GAff
Assigned To:
Todd EdwardsNext Bill

Staff Analysis of the Legislation

Under current law, counties are required to provide for the decent interment of indigents who pass away within their jurisdiction, as is the Department of Corrections for inmates in their care. This legislation simply clarifies that decent interment allows for cremation. 

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