07 LC
35 0379
House
Bill 299
By:
Representatives Mitchell of the
88th,
Heard of the
114th,
Lakly of the
72nd,
Williams of the
89th,
Oliver of the
83rd,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 2 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Board of Funeral Service, so as to
prohibit the board from requiring funeral service and embalming businesses from
having mandatory hours of operation; to provide for related matters; to provide
an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Part
2 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to the State Board of Funeral Service, is amended by
revising paragraph (3) of Code Section 43-18-23, relating to the powers and
duties of the board, as follows:
"(3)
To fix and prescribe rules and regulations governing the business or profession
of funeral directing and the business or profession of
embalming;
provided, however, that the board shall not be authorized to mandate, establish,
or otherwise dictate the hours of operation to be observed by any funeral
director, establishment, or service or for any embalming or crematory
business;"
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.