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SENATE BILL 6254
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Senators Fraser, Loveland, M. Rasmussen and Winsley
Read first time 01/18/94. Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
AN ACT Relating to funeral or burial expenses of indigent persons; and amending RCW 36.39.030.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 36.39.030 and 1963 c 4 s 36.39.030 are each amended to read as follows:
The ((board of county commissioners)) county
legislative authority of any county shall provide for the disposition of
the remains of any indigent person including a recipient of public assistance
who dies within the county and whose body is unclaimed by relatives or church
organization. The county legislative authority may file a claim for funeral
or burial expenses against any escheat property which reverts to the state
under RCW 11.08.150.
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