Ch. 675

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

5-403.

TO QUALIFY FOR A PERMIT, A CORPORATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY,
OR PARTNERSHIP SHALL:

(1)     DESIGNATE A SEPARATE REGISTERED CEMETERIAN OR
REGISTERED SELLER AS THE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATIONS OF
EACH AFFILIATED CEMETERY OR BURIAL GOODS BUSINESS;

(2)     PROVIDE THE NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS OF EACH AFFILIATED
CEMETERY OR BURIAL GOODS BUSINESS; AND

(3)     PROVIDE A LIST OF THE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MEMBERS,
PARTNERS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES OF THE ENTITY APPLYING FOR THE PERMIT.

5-404.

AN APPLICANT FOR A PERMIT SHALL SUBMIT TO THE DIRECTOR:

(1)     AN APPLICATION ON THE FORM THAT THE DIRECTOR PROVIDES;
AND

(2)     AN APPLICATION FEE AS SET BY THE DIRECTOR.

5-405.

EXCEPT FOR A CEMETERY IN WHICH NO BURIALS HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITHIN THE
PREVIOUS 5 YEARS, A BONA FIDE RELIGIOUS. NONPROFIT CEMETERY THAT IS
EXEMPT UNDER § 5-102 OF THIS TITLE FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PERMITTING
REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE SHALL FILE WITH THE OFFICE ONCE EVERY 2
YEARS, A STATEMENT THAT INCLUDES:

(1) THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE CEMETERY;

(2) THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION THAT
OWNS AND OPERATES THE CEMETERY; AND

(3) THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THE CEMETERY.

[Subtitle 5. Sale of Burial Ground for Another Purpose.]

Subtitle 5. Cemetery [Corporations) PROPERTY.

5-501.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a [cemetery corporation]
REGISTERED CEMETERIAN OR PERMIT HOLDER may not buy, hold, or use, for burial:

(1)     more than 100 acres in the State; or

(2)     any land within the limits of a municipal corporation in the State, unless
authorized to do so by the municipal corporation.

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