71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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LC 1354
 
                         House Bill 2593
 
Sponsored by Representative WILLIAMS (at the request of Charlotte
  Benz and Karen Wells)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Exempts certain pioneer cemeteries from payment of fees for
certificate of authority to operate.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to certificate of authority to operate for pioneer
  cemeteries; amending ORS 692.275.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 692.275 is amended to read:
  692.275. (1) { + (a) + } The application for a certificate of
authority to conduct the business of an operating cemetery shall
be made on a form provided by the State Mortuary and Cemetery
Board. The application shall be accompanied by the application
fee established under ORS 692.160.
   { +  (b) + }   { - However, - }   { + Notwithstanding
paragraph (a) of this subsection:
  (A) + } Any operating cemetery that has five or fewer
interments annually is entitled to receive a certificate of
authority to operate upon payment of the initial fee but is not
required to pay the renewal fee.
   { +  (B) Any pioneer cemetery registered with the Oregon
Pioneer Cemetery Commission under ORS 97.782 that has not had an
interment for five years is entitled to receive a certificate of
authority to operate or a renewal of a certificate of authority
to operate without payment of any fees required under ORS
692.160. + }
  (2) A cemetery, other than an operating cemetery or a pioneer
cemetery listed with the Oregon Pioneer Cemetery Commission under
ORS 97.782, shall be registered with the board. An owner of a
cemetery, other than an operating cemetery or a pioneer cemetery
listed with the Oregon Pioneer Cemetery Commission under ORS
97.782, shall register the cemetery with the board on a form
provided by the board. No fee shall be required of a cemetery
registrant.
  (3) The person who plans to operate a crematorium shall apply
before operation for a certificate of authority to operate a
crematorium on a form provided by the board. The application
shall be accompanied by the application fee established under ORS
692.160.
  (4) For purposes of this section and ORS 692.025, each location
of a cemetery or crematorium is a separate location and must be
licensed separately. Those cemeteries that are subject to
registration shall be registered separately.
  (5) The recommendation of the Cremation Association of North
America shall be used in adopting rules regulating crematoriums.
  (6) This section applies to operating cemeteries or other
cemeteries owned by any city, county or other municipal
corporation.
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