BILL NUMBER: AB 1932	CHAPTERED  07/16/08

	CHAPTER  126
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 16, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 16, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 30, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 8, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 30, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Smyth

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2008

   An act to add Section 8125.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to cemeteries.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1932, Smyth. Simi Valley: public cemeteries.
   Existing law authorizes incorporated cities, and for
unincorporated towns the supervisors of the county, to survey, lay
out, and dedicate for burial purposes not more than 5 acres of public
lands. Existing law authorizes the inhabitants of any city to
purchase or receive by gift or donation lands not exceeding 5 acres
to be used as a cemetery.
   This bill would authorize the City of Simi Valley to survey, lay
out, dedicate, own, and operate for burial purposes, or to purchase,
or receive by gift or donation, 5 acres or more of public lands to be
used as a public cemetery.
   This bill would state the findings and declarations of the
Legislature concerning the need for special legislation.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 8125.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   8125.5.  The City of Simi Valley may survey, lay out, dedicate,
own, and operate for burial purposes, or may purchase, or receive by
gift or donation, five acres or more of public lands to be used as a
public cemetery.
  SEC. 2.  Due to the unique circumstances concerning the City of
Simi Valley, the Legislature finds and declares that a general
statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of
Article IV of the California Constitution. Therefore, this act is
necessarily applicable only to the City of Simi Valley.