Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:456 – Annual report by trustee; final accounting by trustee required
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:456
- Board: means the Louisiana Cemetery Board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:1
- Cemetery: means a place used or intended to be used for the interment of the human dead and, to the extent allowed in accordance with this Title, pet remains. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:1
- Cemetery authority: means any person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, trustee, partnership, association, or municipality owning, operating, controlling, or managing a cemetery or holding lands within this state for interment purposes. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:1
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- Trustee: means the separate legal entity designated as trustee of a cemetery care fund. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:1
A.(1) Not later than sixty days after the receipt of the report required by La. Rev. Stat. 8:455, the trustee shall file with the board an annual report on a form prescribed by the board setting forth all of the following:
(a) All receipts and disbursements of cash, all receipts and deliveries of other trust property during the regular business year of the cemetery authority, and a detailed list of all items of trust property in the trust at the end of each year.
(b) A statement showing the total amount of the endowment and perpetual care trust funds invested in each of the investments authorized by law, and the amount of cash on hand not invested.
(2) The report shall be verified by the president or vice president and one other officer of the cemetery authority.
B. Within sixty days of the resignation of a trustee and transfer of the trust fund to the successor trustee, the resigning trustee shall file with the board a final accounting showing in detail all receipts and disbursements of cash and all receipts and deliveries of other trust property, and set forth a detailed list of all items of trust property in the trust from the last reporting period through the date of resignation and transfer of the trust fund to the successor trustee.
C. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the annual report and final accounting shall be open for public inspection and upon request, a copy of the annual report and final accounting shall be made available.
D. The annual report by the trustee shall be for the same period as the report received from the cemetery authority report pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 8:455.
Acts 1974, No. 417, §1; Acts 1997, No. 921, §1; Acts 2014, No. 88, §1; Acts 2015, No. 222, §1; Acts 2018, No. 391, §1, eff. May 20, 2018; Acts 2023, No. 381, §1.