| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to cemeteries; amending s. 497.260, F.S.; |
| 3 | exempting from provisions governing cemeteries a |
| 4 | columbarium consisting of 5 acres or less and located on |
| 5 | the main campus of a state university; requiring a |
| 6 | university or university direct-support organization that |
| 7 | establishes the columbarium to ensure that it is |
| 8 | constructed, kept, and maintained in a manner consistent |
| 9 | with s. 497.260(2), F.S., and ch. 497, F.S.; requiring |
| 10 | that the university or university direct-support |
| 11 | organization relocate all of the urns and remains that |
| 12 | were placed in the columbarium if it is relocated; |
| 13 | providing an effective date. |
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| 15 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 17 | Section 1. Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (1) of |
| 18 | section 497.260, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 19 | 497.260 Cemeteries; exemption; investigation and |
| 20 | mediation.-- |
| 21 | (1) The provisions of this chapter relating to cemeteries |
| 22 | and all rules adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to all |
| 23 | cemeteries except for: |
| 24 | (i) A columbarium consisting of 5 acres or less which is |
| 25 | located on the main campus of a state university as defined in |
| 26 | s. 1000.21(6). The university or university direct-support |
| 27 | organization, as defined in s. 1004.28(1), which establishes the |
| 28 | columbarium shall ensure that the columbarium is constructed and |
| 29 | perpetually kept and maintained in a manner consistent with |
| 30 | subsection (2) and the intent of this chapter. If the university |
| 31 | or university direct-support organization relocates the |
| 32 | columbarium, the university or university direct-support |
| 33 | organization shall relocate all of the urns and remains that |
| 34 | were placed in the columbarium. |
| 35 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |