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2016 New York Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 28-A - (General Business) CEMETERY PROPERTY AND FUNERAL SERVICES
452 - Unauthorized charges in connection with permits for burials or erection of monuments.

NY Gen Bus L § 452 (2016) What's This?
  452. Unauthorized charges in connection with permits for burials or
  erection of monuments.  It shall be unlawful for a society or  fraternal
  organization  or a representative thereof to obtain, receive or exact or
  attempt to obtain, receive or exact, a fee or thing of value in addition
  to the regular dues or charges required  to  be  paid  pursuant  to  the
  by-laws,   constitution,   or   rules   of  such  society  or  fraternal
  organization as a condition to granting  a  permit  for  or  consent  to
  burial  in  or the erection of a monument or memorial upon a lot or plot
  in  a  cemetery.  A  violation  of  this  section  shall  constitute   a
  misdemeanor  and  shall  be  punishable  by a fine of not more than five
  hundred dollars or not more than six months imprisonment or both.

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