AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CEMETERY OWNERS TO DISINTER DEAD HUMAN REMAINS FOR REINTERMENT OR FOR TRANSPORTATION FROM THE CEMETERY PURSUANT TO WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS OF THE NEXT OF KIN, OR PURSUANT TO A FINAL ORDER OF THE CHANCERY COURT IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED, OR IN ORDER TO CORRECT AN ERROR MADE IN THE ORIGINAL INTERMENT OF THE REMAINS UPON NOTICE; TO PROVIDE IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY FOR OWNERS OF CEMETERIES AND FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS FOR CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE DISINTERMENT AND REINTERMENT OR DELIVERY OF DEAD HUMAN REMAINS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-37-25 AND 41-39-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 41-37-25, 41-39-117
As Passed by the House: 41-37-25, 41-39-117
Approved by the Governor: 41-37-25, 41-39-117