HB101 Alabama 2014 Session

Under existing law, the Alabama Board of Funeral Service licenses and regulates funeral establishments, funeral directors, and embalmers in the state

This bill would provide further for the definitions of conviction, gross immorality, and moral turpitude

This bill would authorize the board to provide notice to applicants and licensees regarding statutory law, rules of the board, renewal dates and fees, and license examination dates and times, in electronic format

This bill would require each funeral establishment to have the casket price clearly noted on each full-size and cut casket and on each photograph and electronic image of a casket

This bill would allow a board member to serve past the end of his or her term until his or her successor is appointed

This bill would delete the requirement that quarterly meetings be held for the purpose of examining applicants and would authorize the board to delegate the responsibility of administering the licensure examination

This bill would authorize independent contractors of the board to enter funeral establishments for the purpose of inspection

This bill would require that appeals be taken within 30 days after an order is signed by the board and would require the court to remand the case under certain circumstances

This bill would provide further for instances where the board may refuse to grant, refuse to renew, or suspend or revoke the license of a licensee

This bill would provide further for the qualifications and interviewing of an applicant for license as a funeral director and embalmer

This bill would also require the change in ownership of a funeral establishment to be immediately reported to the board, and would specify a fee

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

To amend Sections 34-13-1, 34-13-4, 34-13-6, 34-13-9, 34-13-20, 34-13-22, 34-13-23, 34-13-26, 34-13-31, 34-13-53, 34-13-56, 34-13-57, 34-13-70, 34-13-71, 34-13-72, 34-13-73, 34-13-91, 34-13-92, 34-13-93, 34-13-94, 34-13-111, 34-13-113, 34-13-132, and 34-13-134, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Board of Funeral Service; to provide further for definitions; to authorize the board to provide notice to applicants and licensees regarding statutory law, rules of the board, renewal dates and fees, and license examination dates and times, in electronic format; to require each funeral establishment to have the casket price clearly noted on each full-size and cut casket and on each photograph and electronic image of a casket; to allow a board member to serve until his or her successor is appointed; to authorize independent contractors of the board to enter funeral establishments for the purpose of inspection; to delete the requirement that quarterly meetings be held for the purpose of examining applicants; to authorize the board to delegate the responsibility of administering the licensure examination; to require that appeals be taken within 30 days after an order is signed by the board and to require the court to remand the case under certain circumstances; to provide further for instances where the board may refuse to grant, refuse to renew, or suspend or revoke the license of a licensee; to provide further for the qualifications and interviewing of an applicant for license as a funeral director and embalmer; and to require the change in ownership of a funeral establishment to be immediately reported to the board, and to specify a fee; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.