Health & Saf. Code, § 7003 · Chapter 1. Definitions
Health & Saf. Code, § 7003
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) “Cemetery” means either of the following:
(1) Any of the following that is used or intended to be used and dedicated for cemetery purposes:
(A) A burial park, for earth interments.
(B) A mausoleum, for crypt or vault interments.
(C) A crematory and columbarium, for interment of cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains.
(2) A place where six or more human bodies are buried.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed (in Sec. 28) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 29. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.
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