Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:706 – Commencement and completion requirements
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:706
- 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
- Force majeure: means any of the following circumstances:
(a) A major storm, major flood, or other similar natural disaster. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:1
- Sale: means the sale of the full title to any cemetery space or the sale of the right of use of or interment in any cemetery space. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 8:1
A. A cemetery authority shall commence the installation of the necessary improvements to the undeveloped land in which sales, contracts for sales, or reservations for sales are being made, within twenty-four months after the date of the first such sale. The completion of all such necessary improvements shall be no later than forty-eight months after the date of the first sale. However, extensions for completion, not to exceed six months, may be granted by the board for reasonable cause, but in no event shall any such extension exceed one year, with the exception of extensions provided pursuant to Subsection B of this Section.
B. The board, at its discretion, may grant an extension to the time period set forth in Subsection A of this Section based upon the occurrence of a force majeure event. Such an extension shall be granted only for reasonable cause. Each force majeure event shall be treated as a separate incident.
C. Failure to commence or complete development within the time required in this Section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment of not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or both.
Acts 1974, No. 417, §1; Acts 2010, No. 63, §1; Acts 2022, No. 574, §1.