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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="5-205" title_number="5" title_name="Cemeteries" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Office of Cemetery Oversight">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Cemetery Oversight Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>By regulation, the Director shall establish reasonable fees and a fee schedule for the issuance and renewal of registrations and permits.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In establishing the fees, the Director shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the size of the business;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>whether the business is for–profit or designated as tax exempt under § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the volume of business conducted; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the type of services provided, including the percentage of preneed contracts written.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The fees charged shall be set so as to approximate the direct and indirect cost of maintaining the Office.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Director shall pay all funds collected under this title to the Comptroller who shall distribute the fees to the Cemetery Oversight Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Fund shall be used to cover the actual documented direct and indirect costs of fulfilling the statutory and regulatory duties of the Office.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Fund is a continuing nonlapsing fund, not subject to § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any unspent portions of the Fund may not revert or be transferred to the General Fund of the State, but shall remain in the Fund to be used for the purposes specified in this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>No other State money may be used to support the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Director shall administer the Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Money in the Fund may be expended for any lawful purpose authorized under the provisions of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Legislative Auditor shall audit the accounts and transactions of the Fund as provided in § 2–1220 of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
