§ 8-208. Burial agreements.

(a) Any burial association may issue a burial agreement containing burial benefits not exceeding twice the burial benefits provided in the Articles of Agreement as specified in Section 5 of this act, by charging and levying twice the membership fee and assessments specified therein.

(b) No burial association licensed pursuant to the provisions of this act shall issue more than one burial agreement providing a Two Hundred Dollar ($200.00) benefit or more than two burial agreements each providing a One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) benefit covering a family, or any member thereof; nor issue a burial agreement covering a family, or any member thereof, who are covered by a burial agreement issued by another burial association and the application form prescribed by the Board shall contain an interrogatory as to whether the family, or any member thereof, is so covered by such an agreement; provided, however, nothing in this act shall prohibit, and any burial association is hereby authorized, to issue an agreement to a family for the purpose of replacing an agreement theretofore issued by another burial association, and provided further such in lieu agreement shall at least provide the same benefits and coverage to the family as the agreement replaced.

(c) In the event of the death of a person who is covered by more than one agreement issued by one burial association the association's liability shall be limited to the providing of a burial benefit equal to twice the benefit specified in the Articles of Agreement as provided in Section 5 of this act, regardless of the number of burial agreements issued by the said burial association and covering such person, and the burial association is hereby prohibited from providing a burial benefit in excess thereof.  In the event of the death of a person who is covered by more than one agreement issued by more than one burial association the agreement holder shall elect as to which association he shall make claim for the burial benefit; the association which is not so elected shall have no liability to provide the burial benefit and is hereby prohibited from providing any burial benefit.

Laws 1953, p. 132, § 8.