Section 23-18-8.1. – Perpetual care funds.
§ 23-18-8.1. Perpetual care funds. (a) All funds paid to or held by an agency for the purpose of funding the perpetual care of cemetery lots, crypts, or niches shall be maintained in a separate perpetual care fund, and shall not be commingled with any other funds of the agency; and (b) Not less than […]
Section 23-18-8.2. – Additional deposits.
§ 23-18-8.2. Additional deposits. If at any time after a cemetery lot, crypt, or niche has been sold an agency receives additional funds from any source for perpetual care of the lot, crypt, or niche, all of the funds shall be deposited in the perpetual care fund. History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 473, § 1.
Section 23-18-8.3. – Maintenance of perpetual care funds.
§ 23-18-8.3. Maintenance of perpetual care funds. The corpus or principal of perpetual care funds shall be maintained intact, and shall not be expended to pay for perpetual care or any other expenses, but the income and other earnings on the corpus or principal of perpetual care funds may be so expended. History of Section.P.L. […]
Section 23-18-9. – Penalty for violations.
§ 23-18-9. Penalty for violations. Any person, member of a firm, or any officer or director of a corporation, failing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, upon each and every conviction of any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more […]
Section 23-18-3. – Approval of construction plans — Supervisory control.
§ 23-18-3. Approval of construction plans — Supervisory control. Before commencing the building, construction, or erection of any community mausoleum or columbarium, the agency constructing the structure shall make and file plans and specifications of the structure with the city or town clerk of the city or town where the structure is to be erected, […]
Section 23-18-4. – Completion of structure and maintenance provisions required before interments.
§ 23-18-4. Completion of structure and maintenance provisions required before interments. No structure shall be used for the purpose of depositing therein human remains until the structure is finally completed, nor until provision for maintenance of the structure has been provided in accordance with the requirements as provided by the city or town wherein the […]
Section 23-18-5. – Sales before completion of structure — Bond.
§ 23-18-5. Sales before completion of structure — Bond. No crypt, room, or space in the structure shall be sold or offered for sale before the structure is entirely completed, unless and until the agency selling the crypt or niches, enters into an agreement whereby it agrees to refund to each and every purchaser all […]
Section 23-18-6. – Proceeds of sales.
§ 23-18-6. Proceeds of sales. The proceeds from the sales of crypts, niches, or any space in the structure, shall be used for the repayment of loans for the purpose of construction thereof with reasonable interest on the loans and for the construction, maintenance, and perpetual care of the structure, and may not be divided […]
Section 23-18-7. – Re-interment of bodies in structure becoming health menace.
§ 23-18-7. Re-interment of bodies in structure becoming health menace. Whenever a mausoleum, vault, crypt, or similar structure previously or hereafter erected and containing one or more deceased human bodies, shall, in the opinion of the city or town where the structure is located, become a menace to public health, and the owner or owners […]
Section 23-18-8. – Speculative sales prohibited.
§ 23-18-8. Speculative sales prohibited. The sale of cemetery lots or plots, or the sale of crypts or niches in a community mausoleum, or niches in a columbarium, crematory, or any other similar structure, for speculative purposes, or upon the promise, representation, or inducement to the purchaser that the structure may be resold at a […]