2011 California Code
Business and Professions Code
DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000 - 9998.8]
ARTICLE 3. Regulation of Cemeteries
Section 9650.4

(a) Any cemetery authority that does not file its report within the time prescribed by Section 9650 may be assessed a fine by the bureau in an amount not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400) per month for a maximum of five months. The amount of the fine shall be established by regulation in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). Failure to pay the fine within 15 days after receipt of written notification of the assessment or, where a timely request for waiver or reduction of the fine has been filed, within 15 days after receipt of written notification of the bureau s decision in the matter, shall be cause for disciplinary action.

(b) A cemetery authority may request waiver or reduction of a fine by making a written request therefor. The request shall be postmarked within the time specified above for payment of the fine and shall be accompanied by a statement showing good cause for the request.

(c) The bureau may waive or reduce the fine where a timely request is made and where it determines, in its discretion, that the cemetery authority has made a sufficient showing of good cause for the waiver or reduction.

(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 568, Sec. 155. Effective January 1, 2001.)