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NJ A2921
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/9/2024
Primary Sponsor
Gary Schaer
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AI Summary
- Eliminates the 15% fee that cemetery companies are required to charge when a grave, crypt, or niche is transferred to a new owner
- Currently under the "New Jersey Cemetery Act, 2003," cemetery companies must collect this transfer fee and deposit it into their Maintenance and Preservation Fund
- The original sale of graves, crypts, and niches will continue to be subject to the existing 15% fee (or 10% for crypts/niches in public mausoleums or columbariums)
- Amends P.L.2003, c.261 (C.45:27-13) to remove paragraphs (5) and (6) which established the transfer fees, along with related definitions of "transfer"
- Intended to reduce financial burden on bereaved families who may need to transfer burial plots at a time of need
Legislative Description
Eliminates 15% fee charged by cemetery company on transfer of graves, crypts and niches.
Regulated Professions
Last Action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee
1/9/2024
Committee Referrals
Regulated Professions1/9/2024
Full Bill Text
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