AB 1560: Crematories: change in ownership.

Existing law, the Cemetery and Funeral Act (act), establishes the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau (bureau) for the licensure and regulation of crematories. The act requires every licensee operating a crematory pursuant to a license issued in compliance with the act to pay specified regulatory charges, and requires those fees to be deposited in the Cemetery and Funeral Fund (fund), which is continuously appropriated for the purpose of implementing the act. The act requires that any change in ownership of a crematory be reported to the bureau. Under the act, when a change of ownership occurs, the existing crematory license lapses and the new owner must obtain a new license from the bureau.

This bill would authorize a crematory license to be assigned when a change of ownership occurs if specified conditions are satisfied, including payment of a fee of $750 to the bureau. The bill would require the fee to be deposited in the fund. By establishing a new source of revenue for a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would require a new owner to submit to the bureau a copy of the final sales agreement within 10 days after a sale of a crematory is final, would require the new owner to submit to the bureau proof that any required permit to operate the crematory issued by a local air pollution control district has been assigned to the new owner within 60 days after a sale of a crematory is final, and would make a failure to comply with these provisions a ground for disciplinary action.