H-0036.1
HOUSE BILL 1100
State of Washington | 68th Legislature | 2023 Regular Session |
ByRepresentatives Schmick and Leavitt
Prefiled 01/03/23.Read first time 01/09/23.Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AN ACT Relating to the disposition of the remains of a county resident who dies indigent in an adjacent county outside of Washington; 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 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 board of county commissioners of any county may provide for the disposition of the remains of an indigent resident of the county who dies in an adjacent county not in Washington state.
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