Section 1508. Reports by cemeteries  


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  • (a)  Annual  report. Each cemetery corporation shall, on or before the
      fifteenth day of March after the end of its calendar year, or  if  on  a
      fiscal  year  the  seventy-fifth  day after the close of such year, file
      with the cemetery board (1) a statement  as  to  the  condition  of  the
      permanent  maintenance  trust  fund and a schedule of the assets of such
      fund. (2) a statement as to the condition of the perpetual care fund and
      a schedule of the assets of  such  fund.  (3)  a  statement  as  to  the
      condition  of  the  moneys  and  properties  received  by  the  cemetery
      corporation in trust under the provisions of subdivisions (f) and (g) of
      section fifteen hundred seven of this article. (4) a  statement  of  the
      gross  proceeds  of  the  sale of plots, lots and parts thereof, graves,
      niches and crypts showing the disposition of such  proceeds  and  (5)  a
      statement  of  changes  in  the  number  and  amount  of certificates of
      indebtedness in accordance with the provisions  of  paragraph  three  of
      subdivision (a) of section fifteen hundred eleven of this article. (6) a
      statement  as to the condition of the monument maintenance fund, if any,
      and a schedule of the assets of such fund.
        (b) Additional reports. The cemetery board may address to any cemetery
      corporations or its officers or any person any inquiry  in  relation  to
      the transactions or conditions of the cemetery corporation or any matter
      connected  therewith,  and may require that a reply be verified. Failure
      to submit such reply within the time designated by  the  cemetery  board
      shall  subject  the  corporation,  officer or person so addressed to the
      penalties provided in subdivision (d) hereof.
        (c) Cemetery payment for administration. To  defray  the  expenses  of
      examination  and  administration,  each  cemetery  corporation shall not
      later than March fifteenth in each calendar year, pay  to  the  cemetery
      board  the sum of three dollars per interment and cremation in excess of
      fifteen interments or cremations for the  preceding  calendar  year.  No
      contribution  shall be collected upon the interment of the cremains of a
      deceased person where a contribution was collected upon cremation.
        (d) Failure to file report. Any  cemetery  corporation  or  individual
      failing  to  file  any  report or any schedule of rules, regulations and
      charges required by this article shall forfeit  to  the  people  of  the
      state  the sum of one hundred dollars for each day that each such report
      shall be delayed or withheld, except that the cemetery board may  extend
      the time for filing any such report and may waive payment of any penalty
      or part thereof provided herein.