February 12, 2003, Introduced by Reps. LaSata and Julian and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
A bill to amend 1968 PA 251, entitled
"Cemetery regulation act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 456.522), as amended by 1982 PA 132.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 2. As used in this act:
2 (a) "Cemetery" means 1 or a combination of more than 1 of the
3 following:
4 (i) A burial ground for earth interments.
5 (ii) A mausoleum for crypt entombments.
6 (iii) A crematory for the cremation for human remains.
7 (iv) A columbarium for the deposit of cremated remains.
8 (b) "Interment" means the disposition of human remains by
9 earth interment, entombment, or inurnment.
10 (c) "Burial right" means a right of earth interment.
11 (d) "Entombment right" means the right of crypt entombment in
1 a mausoleum or in an aboveground vault.
2 (e) "Columbarium right" means the right of inurnment in a
3 columbarium for cremated remains.
4 (f) "Mausoleum" means a structure used, or intended to be
5 used, for the entombment in a crypt or crypts in the structure of
6 the remains of deceased persons.
7 (g) "Crypt" means a chamber in a mausoleum of sufficient size
8 to entomb the uncremated remains of a deceased person.
9 (h) "Columbarium" means a structure or room or other space in
10 a building or structure used or intended to be used for the
11 inurnment or deposit of cremated remains.
12 (i)
"Crematory" means a building or structure , within
13 which the remains of deceased persons are or are intended to be
14 cremated.
15 (j) "Cremation" means the incineration of the body of the
16 deceased person.
17 (k) "Cemetery services" means all services offered to the
18 public, including grave opening, closings, and foundation
19 installation.
20 (l) "Cemetery merchandise" means all merchandise sold to the
21 public by a cemetery ,
including, but not limited to, caskets,
22 vaults, concrete boxes, monuments, memorials, and foundations.
23 (m) "Cemetery commissioner" or "commissioner" means the
24 director of licensing
and regulation the department of consumer
25 and industry services or a designee of the director.
26 (n) "Casket" means any box or container consisting of 1 or
27 more parts in which a dead human body is placed before interment,
1 entombment, or cremation that may or may not be permanently
2 interred, entombed, or cremated with the dead human body. Casket
3 includes a permanent interment or entombment receptacle designed
4 or intended for use without a vault.