RS 8:78 Exemptions

§78.  Exemptions

A.  The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to family burial grounds, fraternal cemeteries, municipal cemeteries, community cemeteries, state cemeteries, federal cemeteries, or religious cemeteries that do not sell cemetery spaces, sell the right of use or interment in any cemetery space, or charge a maintenance fee per cemetery space for an amount in excess of three hundred dollars.

B.  The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to community cemeteries owned and operated by nonprofit corporations in existence prior to January 1, 2007, whose officers and directors serve on a voluntary basis without compensation for their services.

C.  The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to columbarium facilities owned and operated by churches for the interment of human remains.

Acts 1974, No. 417, §1; Acts 1997, No. 921, §1; Acts 2006, No. 669, §1.