Ohio § 4767.10 Cemetery grant fund

Ohio Statutes

§ 4767.10 — Cemetery grant fund

Ohio § 4767.10

Title 47Occupations-Professions

Ch. 4767Cemetery Registration

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4767.10 (2026).

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(A)The division of real estate in the department of commerce shall use six dollars of each burial permit fee collected pursuant to section3705.17of the Revised Code and paid into the state treasury to the credit of the cemetery registration fund created under section4767.03of the Revised Code to advance grants to cemeteries registered with the division to defray the costs of exceptional cemetery maintenance or training cemetery personnel in the maintenance and operation of cemeteries. The division may not provide a grant to a corporation or association that operates a cemetery for profit. Grants provided under this section shall not exceed five thousand dollars. An operator of five or more cemeteries registered with the division may apply for and receive one grant per year. All other oper

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(A) The division of real estate in the department of commerce shall use six dollars of each burial permit fee collected pursuant to section3705.17of the Revised Code and paid into the state treasury to the credit of the cemetery registration fund created under section4767.03of the Revised Code to advance grants to cemeteries registered with the division to defray the costs of exceptional cemetery maintenance or training cemetery personnel in the maintenance and operation of cemeteries. The division may not provide a grant to a corporation or association that operates a cemetery for profit. Grants provided under this section shall not exceed five thousand dollars. An operator of five or more cemeteries registered with the division may apply for and receive one grant per year. All other operators of cemeteries registered with the division may apply for and receive one grant every other year. The division shall advance grants from the cemetery registration fund in accordance with rules adopted by the Ohio cemetery dispute resolution commission under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

(B) The director of commerce may increase, by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the amount of total grants the division may advance in a fiscal year if the director determines the total amount of funds generated exceeds the amount of funds the division needs to carry out its powers and duties under this section. If the director determines the increased amount depletes the amount of funds the division needs to carry out its powers and duties under this section, the director may decrease the amount not below the amount specified in division (A) of this section.

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