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MI HB5118

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/24/2021

Primary Sponsor

Rodney Wakeman

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Origin

House of Representatives

101st Legislature

AI Summary

  • Reduces the presumed abandonment period for money held under prepaid funeral and cemetery sales contracts from 3 years to 6 months after death of the contract beneficiary or contract owner

  • Changes terminology from "funds" to "money" and adjusts grammatical references throughout the statute for consistency

  • Applies the 6-month abandonment period to money held under 1954 PA 70 (cemetery perpetual care funds) unless the owner has communicated in writing with the financial organization or indicated interest through documented records

  • Shortens the timeframe before unclaimed prepaid funeral and cemetery funds can be reported as abandoned property to the state

Legislative Description

Cemeteries and funerals: prepaid contracts; period a claim is presumed abandoned; reduce. Amends sec. 8a of 1995 PA 29 (MCL 567.228a)

Cemeteries and funerals: prepaid contracts

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/24/2021

6/29/2021

Committee Referrals

Regulatory Reform6/24/2021

Full Bill Text

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