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Senate committee advances redraft of bill to fund cemetery vandalism repairs using $5 burial-permit charge
Summary
The Senate Committee on Government Operations discussed S.275, which would repurpose a rarely collected $5 burial-permit fee to create a Cemetery Vandalism Response Fund; members asked for waiver language for indigent families, clarified insurance limits on family-owned monuments, and asked for a redraft to return the week of March 9.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations took up S.275 on Feb. 26, a bill that would create a Cemetery Vandalism Response Fund financed by repurposing an existing $5 burial-permit fee rather than adding a new assessment. Chair opened the discussion and invited testimony from Tom Giffin and Christopher (representing the Vermont funeral directors), who described how the fund might be administered.
Committee members zeroed in on two practical matters: how the $5 would be collected and who should be eligible for support. Chair said the bill is drafted to replace the burial-permit charge with the vandalism…
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