HLS 12RS-673 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 786
BY REPRESENTATIVE LAMBERT
FUNERALS & FUNERAL HOMES: Authorizes an individual to construct a burial
container for personal use
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 37:854, relative to funerals; to authorize the construction of a burial container2
for personal use or the use of another person; to define burial container; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 37:854 is hereby enacted to read as follows:6
ยง854. Burial container; right to construct7
Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prohibit a person's right to8
construct a burial container for personal use or the use of another person if9
constructed free of charge. For the purposes of this Section, "burial container"10
means a container which is designed for the encasement of human remains for11
interment, including but not limited to a coffin or casket.12
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Lambert HB No. 786
Abstract: Authorizes a person to construct a burial container for personal use or the use of
another person if constructed free of charge.
Proposed law provides that nothing in proposed law shall be construed to prohibit a person's
right to construct a burial container for personal use or the use of another person if
constructed free of charge. HLS 12RS-673 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 786
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Proposed law defines "burial container" as a container which is designed for the encasement
of human remains for interment, including but not limited to a coffin or casket.
(Adds R.S. 37:854)