TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 19. MORTICIANS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Part 2. Board of Funeral Service

Funding From Death Certificate Fees -- Uses

37-19-203. (Temporary) Funding from death certificate fees -- uses. (1) The department shall deposit into the state special revenue fund for use by the board $3 of the fee received for each certified copy of a death certificate and each additional certified copy of a death certificate issued by a county under 7-4-2631 or the department of public health and human services under 50-15-111 and each informational copy of a death certificate issued by the department of public health and human services.

(2) The revenue received by the board under subsection (1) must be used by the board for general administration of the board.

(3) The board may not reduce license fees.

(4) (a) The balance in the state special revenue fund may be no more than the total of the income generated by licensing fees plus an equivalent amount from income generated by the death certificate fees deposited under subsection (1).

(b) Any amount of income generated by the death certificate fees that is greater than the amount in subsection (4)(a) must be deposited in the state general fund upon certification by the department that additional funds are not needed for special circumstances as provided in 17-2-302(2).

(5) In even-numbered calendar years, beginning in July 2016, the board shall report to the economic affairs interim committee the status of the special revenue account and fees charged as a funding source for the board. (Terminates June 30, 2017--sec. 6, Ch. 380, L. 2015.)

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 380, L. 2015.