1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in addition to money paid by the division under section 2 of this chapter and even if the deceased or person legally responsible for the deceased possesses a burial lot, the division shall pay eight hundred dollars ($800) for the cemetery's expenses for the deceased to cover the following:

   1. (1) The provision of burial rights if necessary.
   2. (2) The opening and closing of a burial plot and provision of an outer container.
   3. (3) The service required by the cemetery authorities.

2. (b) If the division determines that the estate of the deceased is sufficient to pay all or part of the cemetery's expenses, the division:

   1. (1) shall pay eight hundred dollars ($800) for expenses that the cemetery has incurred; and

   2. (2) may recover the amount paid by the division under this section as a preferred claim from the estate of the deceased.

      [Pre-1992 Revision Citations: 12-1-5-11 part; 12-1-6-11 part; 12-1-7.1-13 part.]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.273-1999, SEC.88; P.L.9-2006, SEC.2; P.L.205-2013, SEC.187.