House Amendment 1627


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 559, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 14, line 16, by striking the words <,
     1  4 including a copy of> and inserting the following:
     1  5 <describing>.
     1  6 #2.  Page 17, lines 28 and 29, by striking the
     1  7 words <the end of the calendar month that we received>
     1  8 and inserting the following:  <receipt of>.
     1  9 #3.  Page 18, by striking lines 5 through 8, and
     1 10 inserting the following:
     1 11    <"An>.
     1 12 #4.  Page 18, line 15, by inserting after the word
     1 13 <confirmation.> the following:  <For your protection,
     1 14 you have the right to confirm that the insurance
     1 15 policy or annuity is issued as required by law.>
     1 16 #5.  Page 18, by striking lines 26 through 29, and
     1 17 inserting the following:
     1 18    <"Coverage under a surety bond in>.
     1 19 #6.  Page 19, line 4, by inserting after the word
     1 20 <agreement.> the following:  <For your protection, you
     1 21 have the right to confirm that the surety bond is
     1 22 issued as required by law.>
     1 23 #7.  Page 20, by striking lines 8 through 18, and
     1 24 inserting the following:
     1 25    <Sec.    .  Section 523A.703, Code 2007, is amended
     1 26 to read as follows:
     1 27    523A.703  FRAUDULENT PRACTICES.
     1 28    A Except as otherwise provided in section 523A.704,
     1 29 a person who willfully commits any of the following
     1 30 acts commits a fraudulent practice and is punishable
     1 31 as provided in chapter 714:
     1 32    1.  Knowingly fails Fails to comply with any
     1 33 requirement of this chapter, or any rule adopted or
     1 34 order issued under this chapter.
     1 35    2.  Knowingly makes Makes, causes to be made, or
     1 36 subscribes to a false statement or representation in a
     1 37 report or other document required under this chapter,
     1 38 implementing rules, or orders, or renders such a
     1 39 report or document misleading through the deliberate
     1 40 omission of information properly belonging in the
     1 41 report or document.
     1 42    3.  Conspires to defraud in In connection with the
     1 43 sale of cemetery merchandise, funeral merchandise,
     1 44 funeral services, or a combination thereof under this
     1 45 chapter, directly or indirectly makes an untrue
     1 46 statement of a material fact or omits to state a
     1 47 material fact that is necessary to make the statements
     1 48 made, in light of the circumstances under which they
     1 49 were made, not misleading.
     1 50    4.  Fails to deposit funds under sections 523A.201
     2  1 and 523A.202 or withdraws any funds in a manner
     2  2 inconsistent with this chapter.  Unless the purchase
     2  3 agreement expressly provides otherwise, excludes in
     2  4 the sale of cemetery merchandise, funeral merchandise,
     2  5 or a combination thereof, funeral services that are
     2  6 necessary for the delivery, use, or installation of
     2  7 the cemetery merchandise or funeral merchandise at the
     2  8 time of the burial or funeral.
     2  9    5.  Knowingly sells or offers cemetery merchandise,
     2 10 funeral merchandise, funeral services, or a
     2 11 combination thereof without an establishment permit.
     2 12    6.  Deliberately misrepresents or omits a material
     2 13 fact relative to the sale of cemetery merchandise,
     2 14 funeral merchandise, funeral services, or a
     2 15 combination thereof under this chapter.  When selling
     2 16 cemetery merchandise or funeral merchandise, a seller
     2 17 shall not exclude the funeral services necessary for
     2 18 the delivery, use, or installation of the cemetery
     2 19 merchandise or funeral merchandise at the time of the
     2 20 funeral or burial unless the purchase agreement
     2 21 expressly provides otherwise.
     2 22    Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  523A.704  VIOLATIONS.
     2 23    A person who willfully violates section 523A.501,
     2 24 subsection 1, or section 523A.502, subsection 1, is
     2 25 guilty of a class "D" felony.>
     2 26 #8.  Page 26, line 29, by inserting after the word
     2 27 <requirement> the following:  <or the seller has
     2 28 previously provided to the commissioner a certified
     2 29 copy of an audit conducted by an independent certified
     2 30 public accountant verifying compliance with this
     2 31 chapter for each year in question and the examination
     2 32 conducted by the commissioner does not disclose that
     2 33 the seller has not complied with this chapter for the
     2 34 years in question>.
     2 35 #9.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     2 39 COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
     2 40 PETERSEN of Polk, Chairperson
     2 41 SF 559.203 82
     2 42 av/es/8934

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