Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW PUBLIC MUNICIPAL CEMETERIES AND REPLACEMENT OF OLD SITES DUE TO LACK OF SPACE AND THE INCREASING NUMBER OF DEAD BODIES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date filed
August 1, 2000
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB11900 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW PUBLIC MUNICIPAL CEMETERIES AND REPLACEMENT OF OLD SITES DUE TO LACK OF SPACE AND THE INCREASING NUMBER OF DEAD BODIES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR |
| ABSTRACT : Rationale: If thousands of people around the country who cannot afford to buy lots in expensive memorial parks die everyday, the existing public municipal cemeteries are certainly incapable of serving them. While our population has dramatically increased, the area of the public burial sites which were established century ago, has remained the same and does not have space anymore for burial. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : PANCHO, PEDRO M. |
| DATE FILED : 2000-08-01 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| CO-AUTHORS : |
| 1. |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No |
| URGENT BILL? No |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON 2000-08-07 |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON APPROPRIATIONS |
Abstract
Rationale: If thousands of people around the country who cannot afford to buy lots in expensive memorial parks die everyday, the existing public municipal cemeteries are certainly incapable of serving them. While our population has dramatically increased, the area of the public burial sites which were established century ago, has remained the same and does not have space anymore for burial.
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