Requires the approval of a cemetery board before a major renovation or major alteration and upon submission of a report by the cemetery; requires certain information about applications and permits be included in such report; requires any report submitted for a major renovation or major alteration expected to cost in excess of $250,000 be certified by a licensed engineer, architect or landscape architect; changes the due date for each cemetery corporation's report from March 15th to April 15th.
Requires the department of public service to assign an administrative law judge to oversee the process in policy proceedings before the public service commission; provides that the department of public service shall be considered a party in policy proceedings.
Establishes the crime of interference with emergency first responders; creates a fifteen foot buffer zone around emergency first responders engaged in the performance of their official duties.