PRINTER'S NO. 1990
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1364
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SANTORA, THOMAS, READSHAW, KILLION, PICKETT,
WATSON, DIAMOND, TAYLOR, ADOLPH, COHEN, DAVIS, TOOHIL,
DRISCOLL, YOUNGBLOOD, PASHINSKI, HANNA AND BARBIN,
JUNE 29, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, JUNE 29, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of August 14, 1963 (P.L.1059, No.459), entitled
"An act prohibiting future need sales of cemetery merchandise
and services, funeral merchandise and services, except under
certain conditions; requiring the establishment of and
deposit into a merchandise trust fund of certain amount of
the proceeds of any such sale; providing for the
administration of such trust funds and the payment of money
therefrom; conferring powers and imposing duties on orphans'
courts, and prescribing penalties," further providing for
deposits into merchandise trust funds; providing for price
and description reports; and further providing for payments
from merchandise trust funds, for filing of financial reports
and for penalty.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2 of the act of August 14, 1963
(P.L.1059, No.459), referred to as the Cemetery and Funeral
Merchandise Trust Fund Law, is amended to read:
Section 2. (a) Any person entering into any such contract as
the seller shall deposit into a merchandise trust fund,
established for that purpose with a banking institution in the
Commonwealth authorized to perform trust functions, as trustee
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