FINAL BILL REPORT

                            SB 6254

FULL VETO

                     AS PASSED LEGISLATURE

Brief Description:  Authorizing counties to file claims against escheat property for funeral or burial expenses of indigent persons.

SPONSORS: Senators Fraser, Loveland, M. Rasmussen and Winsley

SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

BACKGROUND:

County commissioners are required to provide for the disposition of the remains of indigent persons when the body is unclaimed by relatives or a church organization.  The county has no right to recover its costs from property of the decedent which may transfer to the state because no heirs exist.

SUMMARY:

The county legislative authority may file a claim against any property of a decedent which reverts to the state for funeral or burial expenses the county is required to incur.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

Senate    43   0

House     95   1