(a) Any person who receives or collects any funds on account of a preneed contract in this state for cemetery services or cemetery merchandise, or both, entered into after May 1, 2002, shall have the obligation to pay over and contribute into a trust fund as hereinafter described, those amounts or proportions of the funds as hereinafter provided.
(b) Whether or not the preneed contract provides for cemetery merchandise or cemetery services, or any combination thereof, the trust fund shall be referred to in this section as the Cemetery Merchandise and Services Trust Fund.
(c) The trustee of the Cemetery Merchandise and Services Trust Fund shall be qualified as such within the definition of the trustee.
(d) The trustee shall take title to the property conveyed to the Cemetery Merchandise and Services Trust Fund subject to this section.
(e) The contract purchaser shall have no interest whatsoever in, or power whatsoever over, the funds deposited in the Cemetery Merchandise and Services Trust Fund.
(f) The party contracting to deliver the cemetery merchandise or cemetery services or cash advances, whether or not a preneed provider, shall be referred to in this section as the "seller."
(g) The seller shall be the beneficiary of the Cemetery Merchandise and Services Trust Fund.
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