PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 675

accordance with the Program Evaluation Act; making certain technical changes;
defining certain terms; requiring certain sellers of certain preneed contracts,
including funeral directors and morticians, to provide certain disclosures and
certain price lists to buyers under certain circumstances; requiring the Director of
the Office of Cemetery Oversight to take certain actions by a certain date; providing
civil immunity to certain persons under certain circumstances; requiring the Office
of Cemetery Oversight to collect certain information and make a certain report on
or before a certain date certain reports on or before certain dates; providing for certain
effective dates for certain provisions of this Act; providing for the application of this
Act; and generally relating to the creation of the Office of Cemetery Oversight and
the industries and professions providing burial goods or services to consumers in the
State.

BY renumbering

Article - Business Regulation

Section 5-201 through 5-204 and the subtitle "Subtitle 2. Cemetery Corporations";
5-302 through 5-309 and the subtitle "Subtitle 3. Perpetual Care of
Cemeteries"; 5-401 through 5-412 and the subtitle "Subtitle 4. Preneed Burial
Contracts"; 5-501 and 5-502; and 5-601 and the subtitle "Subtitle 6.
Miscellaneous Provisions", respectively

to be Section 5-501 through 5-504 to be under the amended subtitle "Subtitle 5.
Cemetery Property"; 5-601 through 5-608 to be under the amended subtitle
"Subtitle 6. Perpetual Care"; 5-701 through 5-712 and the subtitle "Subtitle 7.
Preneed Burial Contracts"; 5-505 and 5-506; and 5-802 and the subtitle
"Subtitle 8. Miscellaneous Provisions", respectively

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Business Regulation

Section 5-102, to be under the amended subtitle "Subtitle 1. Definitions; General
Provisions"; 5-201 through 5-206, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle
"Subtitle 2. Office of Cemetery Oversight"; 5-301 through 5-312, inclusive, to
be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 3. Registration"; 5-401 through 5 404
5-405, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 4. Permits"; 5-801;
5-901 through 5-904, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 9.
Prohibited Acts"; and 5-1001 and 5-1002 to be under the new subtitle
"Subtitle 10. Short Title; Termination of Title"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation
Section 5-101

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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