§ 20-17-1028. Contracts with municipality or county where a cemetery is located
(a) (1) The State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services may contract with the municipality or county where a cemetery is located for the care and maintenance and the operation of the cemetery. (2) Services relating to the care and maintenance and the operation of the cemetery include without limitation: (A) The […]
§ 20-17-1029. Cemetery advisory boards — Membership — Organization — Authority
(a) The Governor may create a cemetery advisory board for any cemetery purchased under § 20-17-1006 [repealed] to assist the state and the municipality or county where the cemetery is located in achieving the efficient management, operation, maintenance, and preservation of the cemetery. (b) (1) A cemetery advisory board shall be composed of seven (7) […]
§ 20-17-1030. Infant interment gardens
(a) A cemetery company may maintain an infant interment garden if: (1) The cemetery company provides the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services a letter of intent to establish an infant interment garden and a map of the location for the infant interment garden; (2) The infant interment garden is made […]
§ 20-17-1003. Application of subchapter — Exceptions
(a) This subchapter applies to all cemeteries and burial grounds located in the State of Arkansas unless the cemetery is owned and operated by: (1) A church or similar religious organization; (2) A municipality or county government; (3) A family, exclusively for its own family use; or (4) A community nonprofit association in which no […]
§ 20-17-1022. Records required
(a) All cemetery companies shall make and keep accounts and records which shall indicate that they have made the required contributions to the permanent maintenance fund. The burden is upon the cemetery company to maintain the accounts and records. (b) Unless otherwise approved by the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services, […]
§ 20-17-1007. Examination of cemetery
(a) (1) An examined cemetery company shall pay the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services for the examination: (A) One hundred dollars ($100) per day for each examiner who conducts the examination; and (B) The amount necessary to reimburse the travel, meal, and lodging expenses of each examiner. (2) An examination […]
§ 20-17-1023. Annual report of condition of cemetery company
(a) (1) Within seventy-five (75) days after the end of the calendar year, a cemetery company shall file with the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services a report under oath of its condition. (2) The report shall include without limitation: (A) The name and contact information of: (i) The cemetery company; […]
§ 20-17-1008. Permit — Application
(a) (1) Before making application to the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services for a permit to establish and operate a new cemetery or for the extension of the boundaries of an existing cemetery, the person proposing to make application shall publish weekly for three (3) weeks in a newspaper of […]
§ 20-17-1025. Protection of cemeteries — Power to lend
(a) On August 1, 2001, the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services shall segregate one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($180,000) within its general operating fund to be known as the Insolvent Cemetery Loan Fund administered by the Insurance Commissioner and only used to lend a court-appointed receiver or conservator the funds […]
§ 20-17-1009. Permit — Investigation by Department of Health
(a) Upon submission of an application to the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services for the issuance of a permit for a new cemetery or for an extension of the boundaries of an existing cemetery, the applicant shall request that the Department of Health investigate the proposed cemetery location or extension […]