Section 5-602 - Scope of subtitle.
§ 5-602. Scope of subtitle.
(a) Excluded cemeteries.- This subtitle does not apply to a cemetery that:
(1) has less than 1 acre available for burial; or
(2) is owned and operated by:
(i) a county;
(ii) a municipal corporation;
(iii) a church;
(iv) a synagogue;
(v) a religious organization;
(vi) a not for profit organization created before 1900 by an act of the General Assembly; or
(vii) a State veterans agency.
(b) Below-ground earth-covered chambers excluded.- This subtitle does not apply to the sale of a below-ground earth-covered chamber.
(c) Effect on preexisting trust agreements.- This subtitle does not amend a trust agreement covering a perpetual care fund that existed on or before July 1, 1973, except as to:
(1) the appointment of a successor trustee or cotrustee;
(2) deposits into the fund after July 1, 1973; and
(3) the withdrawal from the fund of income on deposits made after July 1, 1973.
[An. Code 1957, art. 23, § 165A; 1992, ch. 4, § 2; 1997, ch. 675, § 1; 2001, ch. 186, § 1; 2007, ch. 348, § 2.]