Section 9652.

The bureau shall examine the endowment care funds of a cemetery authority:

(a) Whenever it deems necessary and at least once every five years;

(b) Whenever the cemetery authority in charge of endowment care funds fails to file the report required by this article; or

(c) Whenever the accountant or auditor qualifies his or her certification of the report that is prepared and signed by a certified public accountant licensed in the state and prepared in accordance with Section 9650.

(d) The reasonable and necessary cost of the examination performed under subdivision (b) or (c) shall be paid by the cemetery authority.

A certified copy of the actual costs, or a good faith estimate of the costs where actual costs are not available, signed by the director or his or her designee, shall be prima facie evidence of the reasonable and necessary costs of the examination.

The actual and necessary expense of the examination under subdivision (a) shall, in the discretion of the bureau, be paid by the cemetery authority whenever the examination requires more than one day and the need for continuing the examination is directly related to identified omissions and errors in the management of endowment care funds.

(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 568, Sec. 157. Effective January 1, 2001.)