HB 479 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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2001 SESSION

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01/09

HOUSE BILL 479

AN ACT relative to dead bodies.

SPONSORS: Rep. Dickinson, Carr 2; Rep. Spang, Straf 8

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill authorizes any person, or the person's authorized representative, to supply a coffin or urn for interment purposes.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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01-0456

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT relative to dead bodies.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Vessels for Burial or Cremation. Amend RSA 290 by inserting after section 3-b the following new section:

290:3-c Vessels for Burial or Cremation. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a person, or the person's authorized representative, may provide a coffin or urn for burial or cremation purposes.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.