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23-61-1110. Burial associations.
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23-61-1110. Burial associations.
(a) The State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services may:
(1) Grant certificates of authority to burial associations;
(2) Revoke certificates of authority, charters, or other authority granted to burial associations in this state;
(3) Fix the minimum assessments or minimum membership dues for which burial associations may issue certificates for benefits in specified amounts;
(4) Supervise the affairs of all burial associations organized or operating in this state;
(5) Conduct hearings as provided in this subchapter and collect, receive, hold, and expend annual license fees under this subchapter and § 23-78-101 et seq.;
(6) Adopt and enforce such rules as the board deems necessary and expedient for the proper operation of the burial association and the carrying out of the objects and purposes of this subchapter;
(7) Establish actuarial rates and reserve requirements necessary to ensure the financial integrity of all burial associations;
(8) Approve requests from burial associations that have excess financial resources, as determined by the board, to adopt a plan to pay death benefits in excess of the face value of a certificate of benefits issued by the burial association to members of the burial association; and
(9) Approve or disapprove an application for the dissolution, merger, or reorganization of a burial association organized and operating in this state.
(b) The board may determine issues between different burial associations and between burial associations and their respective members, and render binding decisions, subject to appeal.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-61-1110
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23-61-1110. Burial associations.
(a) The State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services may:
(1) Grant certificates of authority to burial associations;
(2) Revoke certificates of authority, charters, or other authority granted to burial associations in this state;
(3) Fix the minimum assessments or minimum membership dues for which burial associations may issue certificates for benefits in specified amounts;
(4) Supervise the affairs of all burial associations organized or operating in this state;
(5) Conduct hearings as provided in this subchapter and collect, receive, hold, and expend annual license fees under this subchapter and § 23-78-101 et seq.;
(6) Adopt and enforce such rules as the board deems necessary and expedient for the proper operation of the burial association and the carrying out of the objects and purposes of this subchapter;
(7) Establish actuarial rates and reserve requirements necessary to ensure the financial integrity of all burial associations;
(8) Approve requests from burial associations that have excess financial resources, as determined by the board, to adopt a plan to pay death benefits in excess of the face value of a certificate of benefits issued by the burial association to members of the burial association; and
(9) Approve or disapprove an application for the dissolution, merger, or reorganization of a burial association organized and operating in this state.
(b) The board may determine issues between different burial associations and between burial associations and their respective members, and render binding decisions, subject to appeal.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
23-78-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Association” or “burial association” means:
(A) Any person, firm, association, copartnership, corporation, company, or other organization which, from and after February 18, 1953:
(i) Undertakes for consideration paid by or on behalf of its members to defray all or a part of the funeral expenses of the members;
(ii) Furnishes or undertakes to furnish merchandise, supplies, and services or any other character of burial benefits to the members; or
(iii) Issues a certificate which provides for the payment of funeral benefits to the members in services, merchandise, or supplies, including the services of funeral directors and embalmers; and
(B) Every person, firm, association, copartnership, corporation, or company which, prior to February 18, 1953, has:
(i) Undertaken for a consideration to pay money to its contributors for the purposes of defraying all or part of the funeral expenses of a deceased person;
(ii) Furnished or has undertaken to furnish supplies and services or any other character of burial benefits to the contributing person or to his or her beneficiaries or members of his or her family; or
(iii) Issued any form of contract or certificate which, under its terms, provides for the payment of funeral benefits in money, services, or supplies, including the services of undertakers or embalmers; and
(2) [Repealed.]
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-78-101
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 23-78-101. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.