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Committee approves measure raising penalties for cemetery perpetual-care violations
Summary
Representative Denise Sennett’s bill to increase the penalty for failure to maintain perpetual-care cemeteries from $500 to $1,000 per violation passed on a voice vote.
Representative Denise Sennett of District 80 returned a previously pulled measure to the committee and asked to increase the penalty for perpetual-care cemetery owners who fail to maintain cemeteries. The bill would raise the per-violation penalty from $500 to $1,000.
Sennett described the proposal as “pretty simple” and said there was no public testimony for or against the bill at the hearing. The committee voted by voice that the bill be given a “do pass” recommendation; the chair announced the ayes had it and the bill was advanced.
The measure was presented as a penalty adjustment intended to strengthen enforcement of maintenance obligations for perpetual-care cemetery owners. No detailed fiscal analysis or implementation schedule was provided in the hearing record.
