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IN SB0191
Bill
AI Summary
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Transfers all cemetery establishment, ownership, and maintenance responsibilities from township trustees to county executives effective July 1, 2018
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Requires townships to transfer cemetery real property, personal property used for cemetery purposes, and dedicated cemetery funds to their respective counties by December 31, 2018
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Authorizes counties to levy a county cemetery tax and use county general funds for cemetery maintenance, replacing the former township funding mechanism
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Allows county executives to accept land donations, purchase land for public cemeteries (with legislative body approval), sell cemetery plots, and prescribe regulations governing cemetery use
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Makes failure by a county executive to perform cemetery maintenance duties a Class C infraction
Legislative Description
Township cemetery ownership and maintenance. Transfers from townships to counties the current provisions concerning cemetery establishment, ownership, and maintenance. Requires townships to transfer to the county in which the township is located cemetery related property and responsibilities before January 1, 2019.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
1/3/2018