Business and Professions Code section 7614

If any city, county, or city and county exercises its authority to address public health, safety, or welfare issues in connection with a cemetery within its jurisdiction and if the certificate of authority of the cemetery has been revoked or suspended or has not been renewed, and the bureau holds the endowment care fund of the certificate of authority under applicable provisions of this code, the costs of any action that constitutes care, maintenance, or embellishment of the cemetery within the meaning of Section 8726 of the Health and Safety Code shall be eligible for reimbursement from available income from any endowment care fund in existence for the cemetery. For purposes of this section, local jurisdiction action may be based on charter, ordinance, or inherent police powers. Any claim for money or damages for an act or omission by the local jurisdiction acting in accord with this section shall be subject to all otherwise applicable immunities contained in Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code.

Source: Section 7614, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=7614.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2016; accessed Oct. 13, 2025).

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