PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3677
PRINTER'S NO. 4136
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2228
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GILLEN, HENNESSEY, BARRAR, BOBACK, R. BROWN,
CALTAGIRONE, COX, DIAMOND, DiGIROLAMO, ELLIS, ENGLISH, FEE,
FRANKEL, GABLER, HAHN, HARKINS, A. HARRIS, HICKERNELL,
PHILLIPS-HILL, JOZWIAK, KNOWLES, MAJOR, MILLARD, B. MILLER,
MURT, O'NEILL, D. PARKER, QUIGLEY, RADER, READSHAW, ROSS,
SANTORA, SONNEY, TALLMAN, WARD, YOUNGBLOOD, ZIMMERMAN,
ROEBUCK, STAATS, WATSON, LAWRENCE AND MOUL, JUNE 29, 2016
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 26, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title TITLES 9 (Burial Grounds) AND 68 (REAL AND
PERSONAL PROPERTY) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes,
in general provisions, further providing for definitions and
providing for declaration of policy and for reasonable access
for visitation; PROVIDING FOR TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF
CEMETERIES AND FOR REASONABLE ACCESS TO BURIAL GROUNDS; AND,
IN SELLER DISCLOSURES, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR DISCLOSURE FORM.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 101 of Title 9 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:
§ 101. Definitions.
Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
provisions of this title which are applicable to specific
chapters or other provisions of this title, the following words
and phrases when used in this title shall have, unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them
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