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IN HB1263
Bill
Status
4/15/2015
Primary Sponsor
Milo Smith
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AI Summary
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Effective July 1, 2015, township trustees maintaining a cemetery may sell plots not known to be owned by any plot owner for interment, entombment, or inurnment of human remains.
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Proceeds from plot sales must be deposited in the township's cemetery maintenance fund, if one exists under section 4(b) of the chapter.
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If the township has not established a separate cemetery maintenance fund, proceeds must be deposited in the general township fund.
Legislative Description
Township trustee sale of cemetery plots. Provides that if a township trustee is maintaining a cemetery that dates back at least to 1939, has no maintenance funds of its own, and is operated by a nonprofit organization or not managed by any viable organization, the township trustee may sell plots in the cemetery that are not known to be owned by any plot owner. Requires that the proceeds from the sale be deposited in the township's fund for maintenance of cemeteries, if the township has such a fund, or in the township fund of the township.
Last Action
Public Law 24
4/15/2015