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Louisiana Revised Statutes

Title 8

La. Stat. Ann. tit. 8

Cemeteries

8:1Definitions 8:61Cemetery board created; appointments; terms 8:62Qualifications of members 8:63Compensation; expenses 8:64Officers; administrative director; employees 8:65Meetings 8:66Administration and enforcement of law 8:66.1Investigations 8:66.2Cease and desist orders 8:67Rules and regulations 8:68Hearings 8:69Actions to enforce law; attorney general; special counsel 8:69.1Service of pleadings upon board 8:69.2Receiverships; procedure; powers, duties, and qualifications; disposition of cemetery 8:70Application for certificate of authority 8:71Proof of applicant's compliance with law, rules, and regulations; financial responsibility and reputation 8:72Certificates; regulatory charges; suspension; restoration; late charge; requirement of certificate 8:73Regulatory charges; rate 8:74Sale or interment; certificate of authority; penalty 8:75Refusal to grant, revocation, or suspension of certificate; injunction; fines; additional orders 8:76Sale or transfer of cemetery authority; application for new certificate of authority; compliance required; late charge 8:77Cemetery fund 8:78Exemptions; exempt certificates of authority; renewal; fees 8:79Actions for violation of this Title 8:101Municipal corporations; establishment and maintenance of cemeteries 8:102Ordinance creating cemetery; location 8:103Anticipation of revenues; bonds or certificates; taxes 8:104Funds for support and improvement; special municipal election authorized 8:105Maximum tax; use of proceeds 8:106Rules and regulations; sexton and other employees 8:107Gifts, donations, and contributions 8:108Expropriation 8:109Lots, plots, or burial spaces; permits for interment; sale 8:110Contract to assure proper care; maintenance; and control 8:111Roads and drainage; parishes may provide 8:112Expropriation of abandoned private cemeteries 8:113Powers of parish governing authorities 8:114Publicly owned cemeteries; mandatory trust accounts 8:121St. Mary Parish Cemetery District; creation; location 8:122Board; qualification of members; appointment; vacancies; removal of members; officers 8:123Corporate status; purpose; powers and duties 8:124District as political subdivision; election imposing taxes, maximum tax; authority 8:131Rapides Parish Cemetery District; creation; location 8:131.1Board of commissioners; membership; appointment; vacancies; removal of members; officers 8:131.2Powers and duties of the board; grants; donations 8:132Grant Parish Cemetery District; creation; boundaries; purpose 8:132.1Board; qualification of members; appointment; vacancies; removal of members; officers 8:132.2Corporate status; powers and duties 8:132.3District as a political subdivision; election imposing taxes, maximum tax; authority 8:133LaSalle Parish Cemetery District; creation; boundaries; purpose 8:133.1Board; qualification of members; appointment; vacancies; removal of members; officers 8:133.2Corporate status; powers and duties 8:133.3District as a political subdivision; election imposing taxes, maximum tax; authority 8:135Sweet Lake - Grand Lake Community Cemetery District; creation; boundaries; purpose 8:135.1Board; qualification of members; appointment; vacancies; removal of members; officers 8:135.2Corporate status; powers and duties 8:141St. Landry Parish Cemetery District; creation; boundaries; purpose 8:141.1Board; qualification of members; appointment; vacancies; officers 8:141.2Corporate status; powers and duties 8:141.3District as a political subdivision; election imposing taxes, maximum tax; authority 8:201Incorporation required 8:202Corporations; how organized 8:203Prior operations not affected 8:204Specific powers; rulemaking and enforcement 8:205Rules and regulations; posting 8:206Contracts required; disclosure 8:301Right to acquire property 8:302Surveys and maps 8:303Maps and plats; amendment 8:304Permanency of dedication 8:305Rule against perpetuities, etc., inapplicable 8:306Removal of dedication; procedure 8:307Notice of hearing 8:308Sale of cemetery spaces; abandoned spaces defined; sale of abandoned spaces 8:308.1Franklin; interment space ownership 8:309Execution of conveyances 8:310Interment spaces indivisible 8:311Commission on sales prohibited 8:312Employment of solicitors prohibited 8:313Exemption from seizure and sale; mortgage prohibited 8:314Record of ownership and transfers 8:315Inspection of records 8:316Opening of roads and railroads through cemetery; consent required; exception 8:317Certain cemetery lands exempt from taxes 8:401License to engage in business 8:402Application for license 8:403Application fee; annual fee 8:404Investigation by board 8:405Issuance of license; board's discretion 8:406Denial procedure 8:407Sale or transfer of cemetery sales or cemetery management organization; application for new license; compliance required 8:408Penalties 8:411Definitions 8:412Application for license; qualifications; fees 8:413Licensee authority; restrictions 8:414Additional powers of the board 8:415Labor by prisoners permitted 8:416Liability 8:417Inadvertent discovery 8:418Scope 8:451Corporate operation 8:452Certification of trust fund in articles of incorporation; amendments 8:453Cemeteries in existence on August 1, 1962; acts prohibited 8:454Trust funds required; master trust funds 8:454.1Administration of trust funds; maintenance; exemption from seizure 8:454.2Income distribution methods; application; restrictions 8:454.3Merger of cemetery trust funds 8:455Annual report by cemeteries 8:456Annual report by trustee; final accounting by trustee required 8:456.1Resignation of trustee; orderly transfer of trust fund 8:457Application of Chapter 8:458Prohibited acts; injunctions 8:459Cemeteries exempt 8:459.1Trust fund transfers 8:460Penalties 8:461Examination of endowment funds; expenses 8:462Examination expense; effect of refusal to pay; disposition 8:463Powers, duties, and records concerning examination of funds 8:464Action required when authority fails to deposit minimum endowment or perpetual funds 8:465Order requiring reinvestment in compliance with law; actions for preservation and protection 8:466Annual report of cemetery authority; contents; fees 8:467Examination of reports 8:501Application 8:502Payments to trust; amounts required; master trust fund 8:502.1Determination of personal property delivery 8:502.2Suppliers 8:502.3Trust fund exempt from seizure 8:503Withdrawals from trust 8:504Payments to purchaser; change of domicile 8:505Annual reports by trustee; final accounting by trustee required 8:505.1Annual report by cemeteries or other entities; report filing fee 8:505.2Resignation of trustee; orderly transfer of trust fund 8:506Examination by board; expenses 8:506.1Failure to make required deposits; action 8:507Nonwaiver of provisions of Chapter 8:508Penalties 8:509Trustee's duty of care 8:510Exceptions; trust fund transfers 8:511Nonretroactive effect 8:512Examination of reports 8:601Application of Chapter 8:602Standards of construction 8:603Ordinances and specifications to be complied with 8:604Improper construction a nuisance; penalty 8:605Construction in compliance with existing laws 8:606Commencement and completion requirements; application form; application fee 8:651Interring or cremating 8:652Unlawful disposal of remains 8:653Opening graves; stealing body; receiving same 8:654Mutilating, disinterring human remains; penalty 8:655Right of disposing of remains; military personnel; limitation of liability 8:656Effect of authorization 8:657Right to rely on such authorization 8:658Liability for damages; limitation 8:659Permission to move remains 8:660Exceptions 8:661Undisposed remains; rules and regulations 8:662Record of remains to be kept 8:663Collection, analysis, and reburial of exposed human skeletal remains 8:671Short title 8:672Legislative declaration of intent 8:673Definitions 8:674Exclusions 8:675RepealedRepealed 8:676Powers and duties of the secretary 8:677Revocation or suspension of permits 8:678Unlawful acts 8:679Civil remedies 8:680Discovery of unmarked burial sites, human skeletal remains, and burial artifacts 8:681Disposition of unmarked burial sites, human skeletal remains, and burial artifacts 8:701Application 8:702Standards of construction 8:703Compliance with ordinances and specifications 8:704Improper use a nuisance; penalty 8:705Construction in compliance with existing laws 8:705.1Commencement requirements; application form; application fee 8:706Commencement and completion requirements 8:801Recognized owner of title 8:802Transfer of ownership rights 8:803Descent of title to cemetery space 8:804Affidavit as authorization 8:805When right of interment or cemetery space is inalienable 8:806Rights of co-owners 8:807Co-owners; identification 8:808Co-owners may designate representative 8:809Waiver of right of interment 8:810Termination of vested right by waiver 8:811Limitations on vested rights 8:812Conveyance of cemetery spaces; formality and recordation 8:813Correction of errors 8:814RepealedRepealed 8:901Unlawful to use, lease, or sell for drilling, mining, or prospecting; penalty 8:902Underground burials; depth 8:903Maintenance of cemetery spaces more than fifty years old; sale of repaired abandoned cemetery spaces 8:903.1Cemeteries; maintenance of vaults and wall vaults more than fifty years old; reclamation by authority 8:904Speculative sales and purchases prohibited; penalties 8:905Upkeep of cemeteries; local ordinance authorized; penalty; definition of shareholder 8:906Additional ad valorem tax; Evangeline Parish 8:907Interment of pet remains 8:908Abatement of public health or safety risks in abandoned cemeteries