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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 331.325 CONTROL AND CARE OF
1 2 TOWNSHIP CEMETERIES AND ABANDONED CEMETERIES &endash; CEMETERY
1 3 COMMISSION.
1 4 1. A county board of supervisors, on its own motion or
1 5 upon receipt of a petition meeting the requirements of section
1 6 331.306, may adopt an ordinance assuming jurisdiction and
1 7 control of the township cemeteries and abandoned cemeteries in
1 8 the county. If an ordinance is adopted as provided in this
1 9 subsection, the board shall exercise the powers and duties
1 10 relating to the establishment, maintenance, and repair of
1 11 cemeteries in the same manner as provided for township
1 12 trustees in sections 359.28 through 359.41.
1 13 2. In lieu of management of the cemeteries, the board of
1 14 supervisors may create, by ordinance, a cemetery commission to
1 15 assume jurisdiction and management of the township and
1 16 abandoned cemeteries in the county. The ordinance shall
1 17 specify the number of commissioners, the appointing authority,
1 18 the term of office, officers, employees, organizational
1 19 matters, rules of procedure, compensation and expenses, and
1 20 other matters deemed pertinent by the board. The board may
1 21 delegate any power or duty related to cemeteries which may
1 22 otherwise be exercised by township trustees in sections 359.28
1 23 through 359.41 to the cemetery commission except that the
1 24 board shall retain the power to approve or disapprove any tax
1 25 levy certified by the cemetery commission.
1 26 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 359.2 COUNTY ASSUMPTION OF CEMETERY
1 27 DUTIES.
1 28 If the county board of supervisors assumes the jurisdiction
1 29 and management of township cemeteries and abandoned cemeteries
1 30 as provided in section 331.325, the township trustees remain
1 31 responsible for the buildings and public grounds, excluding
1 32 cemeteries, as provided in sections 359.28 through 359.41, and
1 33 may levy taxes pursuant to section 359.30 for those purposes.
1 34 EXPLANATION
1 35 This bill authorizes the board of supervisors of a county,
2 1 by county ordinance, to assume the control and management of
2 2 township cemeteries and abandoned cemeteries in the county and
2 3 exercise all of those powers and duties otherwise assigned to
2 4 the township trustees in sections 359.28 through 359.41. The
2 5 board of supervisors may also appoint a cemetery commission
2 6 and delegate the powers and duties relating to cemeteries to
2 7 the cemetery commission. The board of supervisors shall
2 8 retain the power to approve or disapprove tax levies certified
2 9 by the cemetery commission.
2 10 LSB 2039HC 76
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