South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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H. 3197

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. King
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\7013ahb17.docx

Introduced in the House on January 10, 2017
Introduced in the Senate on March 13, 2018
Last Amended on March 8, 2018
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Permits for cremation

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/15/2016  House   Prefiled
  12/15/2016  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
   1/10/2017  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 109)
   1/10/2017  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 109)
    3/6/2018  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, 
                        Commerce and Industry (House Journal-page 6)
    3/8/2018  House   Amended (House Journal-page 89)
    3/8/2018  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 89)
    3/8/2018  House   Roll call Yeas-107  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 90)
    3/8/2018  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (House Journal-page 91)
    3/9/2018  House   Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 5)
   3/13/2018  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 8)
   3/13/2018  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 8)
   4/13/2018  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Young (ch), Kimpson, Timmons

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/15/2016
3/6/2018
3/8/2018

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AMENDED

March 8, 2018

H. 3197

Introduced by Rep. King

S. Printed 3/8/18--H.

Read the first time January 10, 2017.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 17-5-600, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERMITS FOR CREMATION WHICH MUST BE ISSUED BY CORONERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO FEE FOR A PERMIT FOR CREMATION MAY BE CHARGED.

Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 17-5-600 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 17-5-600.    When the body of any a dead person who died in the county is to be cremated, the person who has requested the cremation must secure a permit for the cremation from the coroner, deputy coroner, medical examiner, or deputy medical examiner. A person who wilfully fails to secure a permit for cremation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than twenty dollars and not more than five hundred dollars. A permit for cremation promptly must be acted upon by the coroner or medical examiner and no fee for a permit for cremation may be charged."

SECTION    2.    Section 44-63-40 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 44-63-40.    (A)    The State Registrar must appoint the chief administrative officer of each county health department as the county registrar. All persons in the county required by law to file reports of birth, death, and fetal death must transmit these reports to the State Registrar at intervals prescribed by the State Registrar. The county registrar may appoint a deputy registrar who is vested with the right to carry on the duties of the office. The county registrar and deputy registrar must carry out the duties formerly carried out by local registrars without additional compensation. The county registrar must appoint a subregistrar for each hospital, nursing home, and other institution as required within the county whose duty it is to issue Burial-Removal-Transit Permits for deaths occurring at the hospitals, nursing homes, and other institutions. The county registrar must require the coroner of the county to issue Burial-Removal-Transit Permits for deaths occurring outside hospitals, nursing homes, or other institutions.

(B)    No coroner or medical examiner may charge a fee for a Burial-Removal-Transit Permit."

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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