Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 8 of chapter 115 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following two sentences:- Amounts expended by the burial agent under the provisions of section seven shall not exceed eleven hundred dollars for the funeral and burial of any person under this chapter, provided that the cost of funeral and burial does not exceed fifteen hundred dollars and there are insufficient resources in the estate of said person to pay for the cost of such funeral and burial. Any resources of said person shall be deducted from the maximum cost of the funeral and burial allowance hereunder and the difference, subject to the limitation set forth in this paragraph, shall be paid by the burial agent.