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27-15-52
Section 27-15-52 Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COMMERCIALLY
REASONABLE EFFORT. The plans, processes, or procedures necessary to confirm the death of the
insured, contract owner or annuitant, or retained asset account holder against other available
records and information and, as applicable, to locate the beneficiary or beneficiaries or
other person entitled to payment pursuant to the terms of the policy or contract which have
been developed by each insurer and submitted to and approved by the department. (2) CONTRACT.
An annuity contract. The term contract shall not include an annuity used to fund an employment-based
retirement plan or program where the insurer is not committed by terms of the annuity contract
to pay death benefits to the beneficiaries of specific plan participants. (3) DEATH MASTER
FILE. The United States Social Security Administration's Death Master File or any other database
or service that is at least as comprehensive as...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall
execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and
the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast
Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly
agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry,
and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and
northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain
railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate
Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion,
or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II.
This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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40-27-1
Section 40-27-1 Compact adopted; terms. The following Multistate Tax Compact is hereby approved,
adopted and enacted into law by the State of Alabama: Multistate Tax Compact Article I. Purposes.
The purposes of this compact are to: 1. Facilitate proper determination of state and local
tax liability of multistate taxpayers, including the equitable apportionment of tax bases
and settlement of apportionment disputes. 2. Promote uniformity or compatibility in significant
components of tax systems. 3. Facilitate taxpayer convenience and compliance in the filing
of tax returns and in other phases of tax administration. 4. Avoid duplicative taxation. Article
II. Definitions. As used in this compact: 1. "State" means a state of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession
of the United States. 2. "Subdivision" means any governmental unit or special district
of a state. 3. "Taxpayer" means any corporation, partnership, firm,...
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27-17A-41
Section 27-17A-41 Trust fund; trustee; interests of purchaser; seller. (a) Any person who receives
or collects any funds on account of a preneed contract in this state for cemetery services
or cemetery merchandise, or both, entered into after May 1, 2002, shall have the obligation
to pay over and contribute into a trust fund as hereinafter described, those amounts or proportions
of the funds as hereinafter provided. (b) Whether or not the preneed contract provides for
cemetery merchandise or cemetery services, or any combination thereof, the trust fund shall
be referred to in this section as the Cemetery Merchandise and Services Trust Fund. (c) The
trustee of the Cemetery Merchandise and Services Trust Fund shall be qualified as such within
the definition of the trustee. (d) The trustee shall take title to the property conveyed to
the Cemetery Merchandise and Services Trust Fund subject to this section. (e) The contract
purchaser shall have no interest whatsoever in, or power...
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27-17A-42
Section 27-17A-42 Trust contributions; trustee responsibilities; withdrawals; analysis and
certification by seller. (a) The obligation of the seller under a preneed contract shall be
to make contributions into the Cemetery Merchandise and Services Trust Fund in accordance
with the following formulae: (1) With respect to all cemetery merchandise, 110 percent of
wholesale cost. (2) With respect to outer burial containers, 60 percent of the purchase price
specified in the preneed contract. (3) With respect to cemetery services, 60 percent of the
purchase price specified in the preneed contract. (4) With respect to all cash advance items
sold, 100 percent of the purchase price specified for the same in the preneed contract. (5)
With respect to caskets, 75 percent of the purchase price. (b) All contributions shall be
made within 30 days after the end of the calendar month in which the preneed contract is paid
in full, unless, prior to that time, all liabilities of the seller under the...
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27-17A-12
Section 27-17A-12 Preneed contract forms; disclosure; approval. (a) Preneed contract forms
and related forms shall be filed with and approved by the commissioner. (b) Specific disclosure
regarding whether, consistent with the requirements of this chapter, the certificate holder
is placing certain preneed funds received with the contract in trust, in an annuity, or in
insurance, is required in the preneed contract. (c) Preneed contracts which have been submitted
to the commissioner shall be deemed to have been approved by the commissioner in the event
that the commissioner fails to notify the certificate holder that approval has been denied
within 30 days following submission to the commissioner. (Act 2002-74, p. 221, §1; Act 2014-216,
p. 653, §3.)...
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27-17A-43
Section 27-17A-43 Cancellation of contract; withdrawal from trust fund. (a) Upon cancellation
of a preneed contract by mutual agreement between the seller and purchaser, or upon unilateral
cancellation of a preneed contract by the seller by reason of default on the part of the purchaser,
or other valid cancellation by reason of transfers to another seller or otherwise, the seller
may, upon submission of a certification under oath by a responsible officer of the seller
to the trustee, withdraw from the Cemetery Merchandise and Services Trust Fund and retain
an amount equal to the amount of all funds contributed to the trust fund with respect to the
preneed contract. Any trustee accepting preneed contract proceeds under this article may rely
on the seller's certification under oath as required herein to be made, and shall not be liable
to anyone for such reliance. (b) At such time as the seller undertakes to perform its obligations
under a preneed contract by delivery or installation, or...
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27-17A-11.1
Section 27-17A-11.1 Report of preneed contract activity; written logs. (a) On a semi-annual
basis, within 45 days after the end of each second calendar reporting period, the certificate
holder shall file a report of its preneed contract activity on a form or in a format prescribed
by the commissioner. The information reported shall include the total number of preneed contracts
in force at the end of the previous reporting period, the total number of preneed contracts
sold during the reporting period, the total number of preneed contracts fulfilled during the
reporting period, the total number of preneed contracts in force at the end of the reporting
period, and such other information as may be required by the commissioner. The report shall
be organized by type of funding including, life insurance, trust, letter of credit, or surety
bond. The report shall also provide a certification by the trustee of the amount of assets
held by the trust at the beginning of the reporting period and at...
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27-17A-16
Section 27-17A-16 Inactive certificate holder; surrender of license. (a) A certificate holder
shall be considered inactive upon the acceptance of the surrender of its license by the commissioner
or upon the nonreceipt by the commissioner of the certificate of authority renewal application
and fees. (b) A certificate holder shall cease all preneed sales to the public upon becoming
inactive. The certificate holder shall collect and deposit into trust all of the funds paid
toward preneed contracts sold prior to becoming inactive. (c) Any certificate holder desiring
to surrender its license to the commissioner shall first do all of the following: (1) File
notice with the commissioner. (2) Submit copies of its existing trust agreements. (3) Submit
a sample copy of each type of preneed contract sold. (4) Resolve to the commissioner's satisfaction
all findings and violations resulting from the last examination conducted. (5) Pay all outstanding
fines and invoices due the commissioner. (6)...
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27-17A-22
Section 27-17A-22 Violations and penalties. (a)(1) A person who knowingly receives payments
for a preneed contract without having a valid certificate of authority: a. Commits a Class
B felony, punishable as provided by law, as to each contract on which the payments collected
equal or exceed, in the aggregate, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). b. Commits
a Class C felony, punishable as provided by law, as to each contract on which the payments
collected are between, in the aggregate, five hundred dollars ($500) and two thousand five
hundred dollars ($2,500). c. Commits a Class A misdemeanor, punishable as provided by law,
as to each contract on which the payments collected do not exceed, in the aggregate, five
hundred dollars ($500). (2) In addition to the criminal penalty imposed under subdivision
(1), upon conviction of an offense under subdivision (1), a person may not thereafter obtain
a certificate of authority or register as a preneed sales agent. (b)(1) A person who...
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