Section 1. Funeral Directors and Embalmers: Notwithstanding the provisions of MGL Ch. 112, § 83 and 239 CMR 3.02, Type 3 and Type 6 Funeral Directors and Embalmers shall be exempted from holding any ownership shares in any funeral establishment.
Section 2. Establishments: Notwithstanding the provisions of 239 CMR 3.06.(1)(b), any funeral establishment on Nantucket Island shall not be mandated to have a chapel; and of 239 CMR 3.06 (1)(f) any funeral establishment on Nantucket Island may consist of more than one building or more than one lot of land, said buildings and/or lots shall not be required to be adjoining or connecting.
Section 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of MGL Ch. 114, §43B, the placement of any future crematory sited on Nantucket Island shall be determined by the Nantucket Cemetery Commission, created pursuant to the Acts of 2011, Chapter 47, or a vote at an Annual Town Meeting. Such crematory may be sited as an auxiliary use of any public or private cemetery, or may be sited on a single parcel of town-owned land.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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