General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5557
February Session, 2014 LCO No. 2446
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5557
February Session, 2014
LCO No. 2446
*_____HB05557PH____032414____*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING NEGLECTED CEMETERIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 19a-308 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):
(a) In any town in which there is a burial ground or cemetery containing more than six places of interment and not under the control or management of any currently functioning cemetery association, [which] that has been neglected and allowed to grow up to weeds, briars and bushes, or about which the fences have become broken, decayed or dilapidated, the selectmen of such town may [annually] cause such burial ground or cemetery to be cleared of weeds, briars and bushes, may mow the ground's lawn areas and may cause its fences or walls to be repaired and kept in orderly and decent condition and its memorial stones to be straightened.
(b) A municipality shall not be liable for civil damages or criminal penalties resulting from undertaking the care and maintenance of a burial ground or cemetery, as described in subsection (a) of this section.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2014) (a) There is established an account to be known as the "neglected cemetery account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Office of Policy and Management for the purposes of municipal maintenance of neglected burial grounds and cemeteries, as described in section 19a-308 of the general statutes, as amended by this act.
(b) Each municipality may apply for moneys in the account established pursuant to this section on a form and in such manner as prescribed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
Sec. 3. Section 7-74 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):
(a) The fee for a certification of birth registration, short form, shall be fifteen dollars. The fee for a certified copy of a certificate of birth, long form, shall be twenty dollars, except that the fee for such certifications and copies when issued by the department shall be thirty dollars.
(b) (1) The fee for a certified copy of a certificate of marriage or death shall be twenty dollars. Such fees shall not be required of the department.
(2) Any fee received by the Department of Public Health for a certificate of death shall be deposited in the neglected cemetery account, established in accordance with section 2 of this act.
(c) The fee for one certified copy of a certificate of death for any deceased person who was a veteran, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103, shall be waived when such copy is requested by a spouse, child or parent of such deceased veteran.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2014 19a-308
Sec. 2 October 1, 2014 New section
Sec. 3 October 1, 2014 7-74
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2014
19a-308
Sec. 2
October 1, 2014
New section
Sec. 3
October 1, 2014
7-74
PH Joint Favorable
PH
Joint Favorable