PRINTER'S NO. 2913
No. 2203 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, CHADWICK, THOMAS, BELARDI, CIVERA, DeLUCA,
GEORGE, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, JAMES, LAUGHLIN, McCALL, MELIO,
MUNDY, OLASZ, PISTELLA, RAMOS, READSHAW, SEYFERT, STABACK,
E. Z. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR, TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO AND YOUNGBLOOD,
FEBRUARY 10, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 10, 1998
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), entitled
2 "An act relating to counties of the third, fourth, fifth,
3 sixth, seventh and eighth classes; amending, revising,
4 consolidating and changing the laws relating thereto; and
5 providing for regional renaissance initiatives," further
6 providing for burial of dependents and other persons.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 2166 of the act of August 9, 1955
10 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, amended December
11 22, 1965 (P.L.1162, No.456), is amended to read:
12 Section 2166. Provision for Burial or Cremation of
13 Dependents and Other Persons.--Except as otherwise provided by
14 law, the county commissioners of counties of the fourth, fifth,
15 sixth, seventh and eighth classes shall provide for the burial
16 or cremation of any person who dies in the county unless his
17 body is claimed by a relative by blood or marriage, or by a
18 friend, or by his fraternal or veterans' organization, or by a
1 charitable organization, or by the Anatomical Board of the State
2 of Pennsylvania, and is buried or cremated at the expense of
3 such relative, friend or organization. [No such burial shall
4 cost more than three hundred dollars ($300).] Upon receipt from
5 the funeral director or other person conducting the burial or
6 cremation of an itemized statement of the costs incurred in
7 connection with the burial or cremation, the county shall
8 contribute the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) toward
9 such costs. The funeral director or other person conducting the
10 burial or cremation shall notify the county promptly of any
11 resources of which the director or person knows or learns, which
12 resources, to the extent they are collected by the director or
13 person, shall effect a reduction in the amount which the county
14 shall pay toward the burial or cremation.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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