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Panel updates allowed building materials for columbariums; bill advances
Summary
The Appropriations Committee approved House Bill 103 to broaden the building materials permitted for columbariums, keeping structural soundness and weatherproofing as the statutory standards.
The Appropriations Committee advanced House Bill 103 on a roll-call vote after debate over how prescriptive the statute should be on acceptable columbarium materials.
Proponent testimony and several representatives said the bill modernizes an older statute by allowing materials beyond granite and marble for exterior walls, doors and interior construction while preserving a requirement that structures be “structurally sound” and resist exterior weathering.
The measure’s sponsor told the committee the current statute dates to the 1960s and that local cemetery…
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