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The Cemetery Board shall have authority to:

(1) Promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this chapter;

(2) Designate the registration form to be used by all registrants;

(3) Administer the Distressed Cemetery Fund;

(4) Designate the form to be submitted by applicants for assistance from the Fund;

(5) Designate a cemetery as “distressed” based on standards set forth herein and in the rules and regulations;

(6) Authorize payment to a distressed cemetery from the Fund. Decisions can be conditional but the conditions must be related to the specific project in question;

(7) Require a thorough accounting of each recipient's use of money from the Fund;

(8) Receive and forward to appropriate agencies of the State, or other organizations, complaints from any person relating to a Delaware cemetery;

(9) Address specific cemetery issues as requested by the Governor or the General Assembly.


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