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To become licensed by theCalifomia Department of Consumer Affairs as a cemetery broker or a cemetery salesperson, you need to meet these requirements. For an individual broker license, you must post a $10,000 surety bond. l I I ~ I The license tenn is one year; the renewal fee is $300 and the late fee is $25. The renewal fee for multiple corporate officers or partners is $100 each. To be eligible to apply for licensure as a cemetery salesperson, you must meet the following requirements: . Be employed by a licensed cemetery broker. . Have committed no acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480 of the Business and Professions Code. To apply for licensure as a cemetery salesperson, you must submit a completed application fonn with your signature and that of the employing cemetery broker, along with a filing fee of $30 to the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau, P. O. Box 989003, West Sacramento, CA 95798-9003. I The license tenn is one year; the renewal fee is $25 and the late fee is $12.50. I I I I I I I I I I To request an application form or for more infonnation about licensure as a cemetery broker or cemetery salesperson, call the Bureau's licensing office at 916-327-3219. These are burdensome financially for a small historic facility in need of capital repairs and maintenance, not state regulation. In a memorandum of Mau, 2004, the City analyzed the concept of forming a Cemetery District. The document is attached to this report as Appendix C. the District approach seems unrealistic to implement. To maximize the use of any funds raised from whatever source, a key component is for the City to actually take title to the property to be an unregulated cemetery for State purposes. A Management Plan we see as the best approach is summarized as follows: 1. City of Pleasanton exercises the option to buy the Odd Fellows Cemetery for $1.00 prior to April 13, 2006. 2. The Committee to preserve the Cemetery fonnalizes their organization as a tax-exempt foundation which can accept grants from the City, individuals, corporations and other foundations. 11