5759-S AMH CL KELL2

SSB 5759 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Commerce & Labor

     On page 3, after line 12, insert:

     "Sec. 4.  RCW 68.05.205 and 1987 c 331 s 16 are each amended to read as follows:

     Every cemetery authority shall pay for each cemetery operated by it, an annual regulatory charge to be fixed by the director ((of not more than three dollars per)) and based on each interment, entombment, and inurnment made during the preceding full calendar year, which charges shall be deposited in the cemetery account.  This regulatory charge may not be increased more than twenty-five percent each year.  Upon payment of said charges and compliance with the provisions of Title 68 RCW and the lawful orders, rules, and regulations of the board, the board will issue a certificate of authority."

SSB 5759 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Commerce & Labor

On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "RCW 18.39.290" insert ", 68.05.205,"

EFFECT:  Authorizes the director to set cemetery renewal fees and to raise those fees by up to 25 percent per year, to allow the program to be self-sustaining.