(a)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a funeral establishment that is otherwise exempt from the requirement of filing an annual preneed trust report or whose preneed trust funds are reported in a combined preneed annual preneed trust report, shall annually file a declaration of nonreporting status with the bureau.
(b)
The declaration shall be filed on or before May 1 of each year and shall also be filed upon the transfer of ownership or the cessation of business.
(c)
The declaration shall be filed on a form provided by the bureau and shall include, but shall not be limited to, both of the following:
(1)
The basis upon which the funeral establishment is exempt from the annual trust reporting requirement.
(2)
The specific kind and nature of the exempt preneed arrangements, if any, in which the funeral establishment engages.
(d)
The declaration shall be verified by the funeral establishment’s owner, a partner, or in the case of a corporation, by the president or vice president.