Also tagged in: Licensing, Occupations and Professions
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - To Health & Welfare (H)

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Amend KRS 213.081 to specify that transport of a body for cremation shall only be performed by a funeral director or person acting as such; and specify that the permit stating cause of death must accompany body; amend KRS 367.97501 to specify that crematory authorities may only transport cremated remains, not uncremated human remains.

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HB369

HB369 Sponsored by Johnny Bell
Also tagged in: Cities, Cities, Consolidated Local Governments, Counties, Counties, Deaths, Embalmers and Funeral Directors, Financial Responsibility, Local Government, Local Mandate
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 168)

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Amend KRS 367.952, relating to cemetery perpetual care and maintenance funds, to exempt local governments from these requirements.

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Also tagged in: Administrative Regulations and Proceedings, Corrections Impact, Deeds and Conveyances, Historical Affairs, Housing, Building, and Construction, Land Use, Local Mandate, Property, Real Estate, Real Estate
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 relating to the disposition of historic or prehistoric human remains; declare public policy of the Commonwealth regarding historic or prehistoric human remains; define terms relating to the disposition of historic or prehistoric human remains; establish property confirmation process by which property owners or developers verify whether property contains known human remains; authorize the Kentucky Heritage Council to promulgate administrative regulations related to the disposition of historic and prehistoric human remains; prohibit the issuance of building permits under KRS Chapter 198B until the property owner or developer has completed the preconditions relating to human remains; formulate the procedures and requirements for a human remains outcome review; prescribe the procedures and requirements for an adverse effects determination; list prohibited actions subject to the penalties prescribed in KRS 381.990 regarding the disposition of human remains;[...]

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Also tagged in: Corrections Impact, Crimes and Punishments, Embalmers and Funeral Directors, Local Mandate, Parks and Shrines, Property
Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - Posted in committee

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 171 to require persons excavating archaeological sites on private property to obtain a permit from the Kentucky Heritage Council; establish a process by which the landowner shall provide reasonable access to the cemeteries to the descendants and relatives of those buried within; place responsibility on the land owner to maintain the cemetery's integrity; make denial of access to the cemetery a violation; set out a process by which the state shall dispose of human remains within its custody and control; permit a legally recognized tribal government to conduct reinterment ceremonies for Native Americans; require a person who encounters or accidentally disturbs human remains to immediately cease disturbing the ground in the area of the human remains; place responsibility of encountered or accidentally discovered human remains on the cemetery owner or the state and require responsible party to dispose of; require persons wishing to possess human remains or [...]

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Also tagged in: Animals, Livestock, and Poultry, Cities, Cities, Classification, Dogs, Dogs, Local Government, Local Mandate, Title Amendments
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Recommitted to State & Local Government (S); reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (1-title) ; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008; 3rd reading, passed 32-6 with Committee Substitute, committee a

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Amend KRS 381.697 to prohibit burial of animals in public cemeteries unless written consent is obtained from the cemetery owners or board.

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Also tagged in: Deaths, Embalmers and Funeral Directors, Military Affairs and Civil Defense, Veterans' Affairs
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 29)

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 40 to establish an Indigent Veterans' Burial Program and an Indigent Veterans' Burial Trust Fund; require the Department of Veterans' Affairs to oversee the Indigent Veterans' Burial Trust Fund; require the Department of Veterans' Affairs to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the Indigent Veterans' Burial Program; require the Department of Veterans' Affairs to coordinate with the Department of Military Affairs and the veterans' service organizations to determine the eligibility of an indigent veteran for the Indigent Veterans' Burial Program; require the Department of Veterans' Affairs to coordinate the Indigent Veterans' Burial Program with the Department of Military Affairs, the veterans' service organizations, and the Kentucky Funeral Directors' Association.

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Also tagged in: Appropriations, Appropriations
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Appropriate from the general fund $250,000 in fiscal year 2008-2009 and $250,000 in fiscal year 2009-2010 for cemetery preservation grants.

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