Bill Text: MS SB2885 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Cemetery merchandise and funeral services sales; reduce and make optional daily fine by SoS for late preneed contract sales reports.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-20 - Referred To Insurance [SB2885 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2025-SB2885-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2025 Regular Session
To: Insurance
By: Senator(s) Barrett
Senate Bill 2885
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 75-63-67, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY IMPOSE UPON PRENEED ESTABLISHMENTS AN ADMINISTRATIVE FINE FOR PRENEED CONTRACT SALES REPORTS THAT ARE FILED LATE AND TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SUCH FINE FROM $100.00 TO $25.00 PER DAY FOR EACH DAY THAT THE REPORT IS LATE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 75-63-67, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
75-63-67. (1) Every
preneed establishment shall annually submit a written or electronic report to
the Secretary of State of its preneed contract sales and performance of those
contracts. This report shall be filed on or before March 31 of each year for
the calendar year ending the preceding December 31. The Secretary of State * * * may impose an administrative fine
in the amount of * * * Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per
day for each day that the report is late. The administrative fine shall be in
addition to any other administrative penalties provided under this article.
The Secretary of State shall promulgate rules and regulations to regulate
preneed contracts and the duties and responsibilities of preneed
establishments; the content and filing procedure of reports; and filings of
additional reports if deemed necessary by the Secretary of State to carry out
the purposes of this article. The Secretary of State may assess any fines and
fees necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
(2) Every preneed trust officer or trust financial institution shall annually submit to the Secretary of State a statement of all trust fund account activity on or before March 31 of each year for the calendar year ending the preceding December 31. The statement or report shall reflect the trust balance as of December 31 for the preceding calendar year. The Secretary of State is authorized to assess a penalty against the trust institution for each day the statement is late, not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) in any one (1) year.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.