§506.1. Failure to make required deposits; action
A. If any report filed with, or any examination made by, the board show that the minimum amounts required have not been collected and deposited in the merchandise trust fund, the board shall require the cemetery authority, or other legal entity required to establish a merchandise trust fund, to immediately comply with the requirements of this Title.
B.(1) Upon failure of the cemetery authority, or other legal entity, to comply, the board shall have the authority to institute legal proceedings in the district court, in the parish in which the cemetery is physically located for the purpose of recovering the amounts necessary to satisfy the deficiencies in the merchandise trust fund.
(2) The board may, in addition to the recovery mentioned in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, recover any and all reasonable costs, fees, and expenses, including but not limited to all examinations, audits, accountant and attorney's fees, administrative proceedings and hearings, and any other costs incurred in the enforcement of the provisions of this Title, and any other provisions of law notwithstanding.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, if the board fails to prove that the cemetery authority or other responsible party is not in compliance with the requirements of this Section, then the board shall not recover any costs, fees, or any expenses incurred by it and shall be responsible for paying all reasonable costs, fees, or expenses incurred by the cemetery authority or responsible party who was accused of not being in compliance.
Acts 1991, No. 430, §2.
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