La. Stat. Ann. tit. 8 – Cemeteries | Midpage8:1Definitions8:61Cemetery board created; appointments; terms8:62Qualifications of members8:63Compensation; expenses8:64Officers; administrative director; employees8:65Meetings8:66Administration and enforcement of law8:66.1Investigations8:66.2Cease and desist orders8:67Rules and regulations8:68Hearings8:69Actions to enforce law; attorney general; special counsel8:69.1Service of pleadings upon board8:69.2Receiverships; procedure; powers, duties, and qualifications; disposition of cemetery8:70Application for certificate of authority8:71Proof of applicant's compliance with law, rules, and regulations; financial responsibility and reputation8:72Certificates; regulatory charges; suspension; restoration; late charge; requirement of certificate8:73Regulatory charges; rate8:74Sale or interment; certificate of authority; penalty8:75Refusal to grant, revocation, or suspension of certificate; injunction; fines; additional orders8:76Sale or transfer of cemetery authority; application for new certificate of authority; compliance required; late charge8:77Cemetery fund8:78Exemptions; exempt certificates of authority; renewal; fees8:79Actions for violation of this Title8:101Municipal corporations; establishment and maintenance of cemeteries8:102Ordinance creating cemetery; location8:103Anticipation of revenues; bonds or certificates; taxes8:104Funds for support and improvement; special municipal election authorized8:105Maximum tax; use of proceeds8:106Rules and regulations; sexton and other employees8:107Gifts, donations, and contributions8:108Expropriation8:109Lots, plots, or burial spaces; permits for interment; sale8:110Contract to assure proper care; maintenance; and control8:111Roads and drainage; parishes may provide8:112Expropriation of abandoned private cemeteries8:113Powers of parish governing authorities8:114Publicly owned cemeteries; mandatory trust accounts8:121St. Mary Parish Cemetery District; creation; location8:122Board; qualification of members; appointment; vacancies; removal of members; officers8:123Corporate status; purpose; powers and duties8:124District as political subdivision; election imposing taxes, maximum tax; authority8:131Rapides Parish Cemetery District; creation; location8:131.1Board of commissioners; membership; appointment; vacancies; removal of members; officers8:131.2Powers and duties of the board; grants; donations8:132Grant Parish Cemetery District; creation; boundaries; purpose8:132.1Board; qualification of members; appointment; vacancies; removal of members; officers8:132.2Corporate status; powers and duties8:132.3District as a political subdivision; election imposing taxes, maximum tax; authority8:133LaSalle Parish Cemetery District; creation; boundaries; purpose8:133.1Board; qualification of members; appointment; vacancies; removal of members; officers8:133.2Corporate status; powers and duties8:133.3District as a political subdivision; election imposing taxes, maximum tax; authority8:135Sweet Lake - Grand Lake Community Cemetery District; creation; boundaries; purpose8:135.1Board; qualification of members; appointment; vacancies; removal of members; officers8:135.2Corporate status; powers and duties8:141St. Landry Parish Cemetery District; creation; boundaries; purpose8:141.1Board; qualification of members; appointment; vacancies; officers8:141.2Corporate status; powers and duties8:141.3District as a political subdivision; election imposing taxes, maximum tax; authority8:201Incorporation required8:202Corporations; how organized8:203Prior operations not affected8:204Specific powers; rulemaking and enforcement8:205Rules and regulations; posting8:206Contracts required; disclosure8:301Right to acquire property8:302Surveys and maps8:303Maps and plats; amendment8:304Permanency of dedication8:305Rule against perpetuities, etc., inapplicable8:306Removal of dedication; procedure8:307Notice of hearing8:308Sale of cemetery spaces; abandoned spaces defined; sale of abandoned spaces8:308.1Franklin; interment space ownership8:309Execution of conveyances8:310Interment spaces indivisible8:311Commission on sales prohibited8:312Employment of solicitors prohibited8:313Exemption from seizure and sale; mortgage prohibited8:314Record of ownership and transfers8:315Inspection of records8:316Opening of roads and railroads through cemetery; consent required; exception8:317Certain cemetery lands exempt from taxes8:401License to engage in business8:402Application for license8:403Application fee; annual fee8:404Investigation by board8:405Issuance of license; board's discretion8:406Denial procedure8:407Sale or transfer of cemetery sales or cemetery management organization; application for new license; compliance required8:408Penalties8:411Definitions8:412Application for license; qualifications; fees8:413Licensee authority; restrictions8:414Additional powers of the board8:415Labor by prisoners permitted8:416Liability8:417Inadvertent discovery8:418Scope8:451Corporate operation8:452Certification of trust fund in articles of incorporation; amendments8:453Cemeteries in existence on August 1, 1962; acts prohibited8:454Trust funds required; master trust funds8:454.1Administration of trust funds; maintenance; exemption from seizure8:454.2Income distribution methods; application; restrictions8:454.3Merger of cemetery trust funds8:455Annual report by cemeteries8:456Annual report by trustee; final accounting by trustee required8:456.1Resignation of trustee; orderly transfer of trust fund8:457Application of Chapter8:458Prohibited acts; injunctions8:459Cemeteries exempt8:459.1Trust fund transfers8:460Penalties8:461Examination of endowment funds; expenses8:462Examination expense; effect of refusal to pay; disposition8:463Powers, duties, and records concerning examination of funds8:464Action required when authority fails to deposit minimum endowment or perpetual funds8:465Order requiring reinvestment in compliance with law; actions for preservation and protection8:466Annual report of cemetery authority; contents; fees8:467Examination of reports8:501Application8:502Payments to trust; amounts required; master trust fund8:502.1Determination of personal property delivery8:502.2Suppliers8:502.3Trust fund exempt from seizure8:503Withdrawals from trust8:504Payments to purchaser; change of domicile8:505Annual reports by trustee; final accounting by trustee required8:505.1Annual report by cemeteries or other entities; report filing fee8:505.2Resignation of trustee; orderly transfer of trust fund8:506Examination by board; expenses8:506.1Failure to make required deposits; action8:507Nonwaiver of provisions of Chapter8:508Penalties8:509Trustee's duty of care8:510Exceptions; trust fund transfers8:511Nonretroactive effect8:512Examination of reports8:601Application of Chapter8:602Standards of construction8:603Ordinances and specifications to be complied with8:604Improper construction a nuisance; penalty8:605Construction in compliance with existing laws8:606Commencement and completion requirements; application form; application fee8:651Interring or cremating8:652Unlawful disposal of remains8:653Opening graves; stealing body; receiving same8:654Mutilating, disinterring human remains; penalty8:655Right of disposing of remains; military personnel; limitation of liability8:656Effect of authorization8:657Right to rely on such authorization8:658Liability for damages; limitation8:659Permission to move remains8:660Exceptions8:661Undisposed remains; rules and regulations8:662Record of remains to be kept8:663Collection, analysis, and reburial of exposed human skeletal remains8:671Short title8:672Legislative declaration of intent8:673Definitions8:674Exclusions8:676Powers and duties of the secretary8:677Revocation or suspension of permits8:678Unlawful acts8:679Civil remedies8:680Discovery of unmarked burial sites, human skeletal remains, and burial artifacts8:681Disposition of unmarked burial sites, human skeletal remains, and burial artifacts8:701Application8:702Standards of construction8:703Compliance with ordinances and specifications8:704Improper use a nuisance; penalty8:705Construction in compliance with existing laws8:705.1Commencement requirements; application form; application fee8:706Commencement and completion requirements8:801Recognized owner of title8:802Transfer of ownership rights8:803Descent of title to cemetery space8:804Affidavit as authorization8:805When right of interment or cemetery space is inalienable8:806Rights of co-owners8:807Co-owners; identification8:808Co-owners may designate representative8:809Waiver of right of interment8:810Termination of vested right by waiver8:811Limitations on vested rights8:812Conveyance of cemetery spaces; formality and recordation8:813Correction of errors8:901Unlawful to use, lease, or sell for drilling, mining, or prospecting; penalty8:902Underground burials; depth8:903Maintenance of cemetery spaces more than fifty years old; sale of repaired abandoned cemetery spaces8:903.1Cemeteries; maintenance of vaults and wall vaults more than fifty years old; reclamation by authority8:904Speculative sales and purchases prohibited; penalties8:905Upkeep of cemeteries; local ordinance authorized; penalty; definition of shareholder8:906Additional ad valorem tax; Evangeline Parish8:907Interment of pet remains8:908Abatement of public health or safety risks in abandoned cemeteries