A cemetery authority shall start construction of that section of a mausoleum or bank of below-ground crypts in which sales, contracts for sale, reservations for sale, or agreements for sale are being made, within five years after the date of the first sale or when 75 percent of the mausoleum or below-ground crypts have been sold and the purchase price has been received, whichever occurs first. The construction shall be completed within six years after the date of the first sale made. Extensions for completion, not to exceed one year, may be granted by the commissioner for good cause shown. If the units have not been completely constructed at the time of need or the time specified herein, unless otherwise specified in the preneed contract, all monies paid shall be refunded upon request, plus interest earned thereon if deposited by the cemetery authority in an escrow or trust fund, and if not so deposited in an escrow or trust fund earning interest, then plus interest in an amount equal to the interest or discount which would have been earned thereon had the funds been invested in United States Treasury Bills having a 90-day maturity.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 17A - Preneed Funeral and Cemetery Act.
Article 4 - Cemetery Merchandise and Services Trust Fund.
Section 27-17A-40 - Applicability of Article.
Section 27-17A-41 - Trust Fund; Trustee; Interests of Purchaser; Seller.
Section 27-17A-43 - Cancellation of Contract; Withdrawal From Trust Fund.
Section 27-17A-44 - Rights of Seller.
Section 27-17A-45 - Endowment Care Fund.
Section 27-17A-46 - Endowment Care Cemeteries.
Section 27-17A-47 - Establishment and Management of Endowment Care Fund.
Section 27-17A-48 - Maintenance of Records.
Section 27-17A-49 - Endowment Care Fund Deposits; Qualification as Endowment Care Cemetery.
Section 27-17A-51 - Propriety of Expenditures; Income Payments to Cemetery Authority.
Section 27-17A-52 - Disclosure of Activities and Statement of Investments.
Section 27-17A-53 - Disposal of Assets or Investments.
Section 27-17A-54 - Annual Report.
Section 27-17A-55 - Construction of Mausoleum, Etc.