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Cemeteries - Perpetual Care - Distribution From Perpetual Care Trust Fund

Sponsor: Senator KlausmeierCommittee: FinanceSubject: Business Regulation and OccupationsStatus: Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a distribution from a perpetual care trust fund made under certain circumstances to be used only for the perpetual care of the cemetery, including the maintenance of the grounds, roads, and paths and the repair and renewal of buildings; permitting a certain cemetery to select a certain method of distribution from a certain trust fund; requiring the trustee to distribute a certain income from the perpetual care trust fund if the cemetery does not select a method of distribution from the perpetual care trust fund; etc.

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Testimony (8)

MGA witness list
FAV 5FavorableUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVStierhoff, JohnlobbyistMaryland Cemetery and Cremation AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVFesche, CamillelobbyistRWLOral + Written (PDF)
FAVNelsen, BlairSCIPosition only
FAVHall, MarkSunTrustPosition only
FAVSenator Klausmeier, Senator KlausmeierlegislatorIndividualPosition only
UNFDitzler, BrianFuneral Consumers Alliance of MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
UNFZinner, DavidIndividualPosition only
INFODepartment of Labor, MDIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVStierhoff, JohnMaryland Cemetery and Cremation AssociationRegistered for: Abbott Laboratories; Annie E. Casey Foundation, Inc., The; Arts for Learning Maryland; Baltimore Community Foundation; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Baltimore Museum of Art
FAVFesche, CamilleRWLRegistered for: Ashley, Inc.; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Behavioral Framework; Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S, LLC; Brewers Association of Maryland; Brown Advisory