2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 8 - Cemeteries
RS 8:466 - Annual report of cemetery authority; contents; fees
§466. Annual report of cemetery authority; contents; fees
A. Each cemetery authority that has sold interment space subject to endowment or perpetual care, including those cemetery authorities organized before and after August 1, 1962, shall file with the board annually, on or before the thirtieth day of June, a written report on a form prescribed by the board setting forth all of the following:
(1) The number of contracts written in the reporting period for the sale of interment spaces or interment rights.
(2) The amount of gross sales or receipts from contracts of sales of all interment spaces or interment rights and the amount of any discounts.
(3) The amount of gross sales or receipts from perpetual care contracts, if any, sold separately from interment spaces or interment rights.
(4) The fair market value of interment spaces or interment rights provided without charge.
(5) The amount of deposits due the endowment or perpetual care trust fund for the reporting period and the dates the funds were deposited with the trustee.
B. The report shall be verified by the president or vice president and one other officer of the cemetery authority and shall be certified by the accountant or auditor preparing the same.
C. The cemetery authority shall pay to the board a report filing fee of not more than five dollars for each contract subject to endowment or perpetual care entered into in the annual report period, as specified in Subsection A of this Section. Report filing fees shall be due and payable at the time of filing the report and shall be used to cover the board's reasonable and ordinary expenses. Failure to pay report filing fees within six months after the close of the business year shall result in a late charge assessed by the board to the cemetery authority in the amount of one hundred dollars.
Acts 1974, No. 417, §1; Acts 2015, No. 222, §1.
