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OK SB2042

Bill

Status

Passed

4/12/2010

Primary Sponsor

Todd Russ

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Origin

Senate

2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Transfers oversight of the Perpetual Care Fund Act and Cemetery Merchandise Trust Act from the State Banking Commissioner to the Insurance Commissioner.

  • Modifies the perpetual care fund threshold from $100,000 to an amount equal to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's standard insurance amount per depositor for certificate of deposit eligibility.

  • Authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to examine cemetery records, censure cemetery owners, levy fines, and initiate receivership proceedings for non-compliance.

  • Requires cemetery examination costs to be paid directly by the cemetery owner to the examiner rather than from the perpetual care fund.

  • Transfers all existing and future funds collected under cemetery acts to the State Insurance Commissioner Revolving Fund and recodifies cemetery-related statutes from Title 8 to Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes, effective July 1, 2010.

Legislative Description

Cemeteries; transferring duties relating to certain cemeteries and related merchandise from the State Banking Commissioner to the Insurance Commissioner. Effective date. Emergency.

Insurance

Last Action

Approved by Governor 04/09/2010

4/12/2010

Committee Referrals

Retirement and Insurance2/2/2010

Full Bill Text

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