Bill Text - HB301 (2019)

Relative to funeral and burial or cremation expenses for assisted persons.


Revision: Dec. 3, 2019, 10:02 a.m.

CHAPTER 99

HB 301-FN-LOCAL - FINAL VERSION

 

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HOUSE BILL 301-FN-LOCAL

 

AN ACT relative to funeral and burial or cremation expenses for assisted persons.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Connors, Hills. 15

 

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill authorizes towns and cities to access certain funds for burial or cremation of assisted persons.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to funeral and burial or cremation expenses for assisted persons.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

99:1  Aid to Assisted Persons; Funeral and Burial or Cremation Expenses.  Amend RSA 165:27-a, I to read as follows:

I.  Except when a town or city assisted person has made arrangements for a prepaid funeral, [if the total of his liquid assets at death are less than $1,000,] if there are liquid assets at death, there shall be an automatic assignment to the funeral director or the person who paid for the funeral and burial or cremation of the deceased to the extent of funeral and burial or cremation expenses up to [$1,000] $2,000.

99:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: June 21, 2019

Effective Date: August 20, 2019