Sec. 4. The owner of a cemetery may not, because of the nonpayment of periodic care charges, impose a monetary penalty that attaches against a burial space if:

(1) the burial space was conveyed by the cemetery after June 14, 1939, and the conveyance was subject to IC 23-14-48 or IC 23-14-1-12 (before its repeal); or

(2) the owner of the burial space or the owner’s heirs or representatives can document previous payment of perpetual care or endowed care charges.

As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.20.