House Journal: Page 1279: Wednesday, April 14, 1999

	Hoffman of Crawford offered the following amendment H-1337 

filed by the committee on commerce and regulation and moved its 
adoption:
H-1337
 1     Amend Senate File 406, as passed by the Senate, as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 4, by inserting after line 19, the
 4   following:
 5     "Sec. __.  Section 523A.5, subsection 2, Code 1999,
 6   is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
 7     NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  "Prepaid contract" means a
 8   written contract or other agreement executed by a
 9   seller in which the seller promises to deliver
10   merchandise or services upon the future death of a
11   person named or implied in the agreement.
12     Sec. __.  Section 523A.6, Code 1999, is amended to
13   read as follows:
14     523A.6  COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.
15     The seller of a prepaid contract for the purchase
16   of funeral services or funeral merchandise shall
17   comply with chapter 555A with respect to all contracts
18   that are subject to regulation under this 
chapter.  A
19   failure person failing to comply with chapter 555A is
20   subject to the remedies and penalties provided in that
21   chapter."
22     2.  Page 6, by inserting after line 26, the
23   following:
24     "Sec. __.  Section 523I.6, Code 1999, is amended by
25   adding the following new subsection:
26     NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  A cemetery shall provide
27   services necessary for the installation or burial of
28   vaults or other similar merchandise sold by the
29   cemetery.  This subsection shall not require the
30   cemetery to provide for opening or closing interment
31   or entombment space, unless an agreement executed by
32   the cemetery expressly provides otherwise."
33     3.  Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
34   word "opportunities," the following:  "funeral
35   merchandise, funeral services, cemeteries".
The committee amendment H-1337 was adopted.
Hoffman of Crawford moved that the bill be read a last time now 
and placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was 
read a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (S.F. 406)

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