BILL NUMBER: SB 954	CHAPTERED  07/28/99

	CHAPTER   207
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 28, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 27, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   JULY 15, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JULY 6, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 29, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 2, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 15, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Karnette

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   An act to amend Section 8961.13 of, and to add Sections 8279 and
9513 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to local agencies.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 954, Karnette.  Public cemetery districts:  public cemetery
authorities:  construction standards.
   Existing law authorizes a public cemetery district to maintain a
cemetery or cemeteries and to acquire, construct, improve, maintain,
and repair a columbarium for the placement of cremated human remains.

   Existing law permits a cemetery authority to operate a cemetery.
   This bill would require that the construction or repair of
columbariums comply with specified standards.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 8279 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   8279.  A cemetery authority shall comply with the Mausoleum and
Columbarium Law (Part 5 (commencing with Section 9501)).
  SEC. 2.  Section 8961.13 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   8961.13.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a
district may acquire, construct, improve, maintain, or repair a
columbarium for the placement of cremated remains.  A district shall
comply with the Mausoleum and Columbarium Law, Part 5 (commencing
with Section 9501).
   (b) A district that possesses a columbarium pursuant to this
section may sell the burial rights in niches to residents, taxpayers,
and nonresidents, who are otherwise authorized by this part to
purchase burial rights in a cemetery lot or plot of the district.
   (c) A district that sells burial rights in niches pursuant to
subdivision (b) shall establish a rate pursuant to Section 8961.4.
  SEC. 3.  Section 9513 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   9513.  (a) The provisions of this part shall apply to any cemetery
that acquires, constructs, improves, maintains, or repairs a
mausoleum or columbarium.
   (b) The provisions of this part shall apply to any public cemetery
district that acquires, constructs, improves, maintains, or repairs
a columbarium.