Section 1249.100  Application for Full Exempt Status

Applicants for full exemption from licensure as a cemetery authority shall submit, prior to January 1, 2013, a completed application, on forms provided by the Division and signed by the applicant, on which all questions have been answered, including:

a)         The cemetery's name, street and city address, and telephone number.  If a cemetery does not have a telephone on the property, the cemetery authority shall provide the number of the telephone, located at another office of the cemetery authority or the cemetery must designate a phone number, for contact purposes, of someone who has authority over cemetery operations. If the cemetery authority does not receive mail at the street and city address of the cemetery, the cemetery authority shall provide an additional address where mail is or can be received;

b)         The cemetery owner's name, home address, and home telephone number or, if the applicant is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other entity permitted by law, then the name and contact information for each principal, owner, member, officer, and shareholder holding 25% or more of corporate stock or other ownership interest;

c)         Whether the cemetery qualifies under the exemption defined in Section 5-20(a) of the Act as a family burying ground or religious burying ground, as a cemetery authority that has not engaged in an interment, inurnment or entombment of human remains within the last 10 years, or as a cemetery authority that is less than 3 acres;

d)         The size of the cemetery land in acres; and

e)         Any other information that the Division requests.