House
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698
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Enrolled
House
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698
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
JURISDICTION
AND
MANAGEMENT
OF
PIONEER
CEMETERIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
331.325,
subsection
3,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3.
a.
In
lieu
of
management
of
the
cemeteries,
the
board
of
supervisors
may
create,
by
ordinance,
a
cemetery
commission
to
assume
jurisdiction
and
management
of
the
pioneer
cemeteries
in
the
county.
The
ordinance
shall
delineate
the
number
of
commissioners,
the
appointing
authority,
the
term
of
office,
officers,
employees,
organizational
matters,
rules
of
procedure,
compensation
and
expenses,
and
other
matters
deemed
pertinent
by
the
board.
The
board
may
delegate
any
power
and
duties
relating
to
cemeteries
which
that
may
otherwise
be
exercised
by
township
trustees
pursuant
to
sections
359.28
through
359.40
to
the
cemetery
commission
except
the
commission
shall
not
certify
a
tax
levy
pursuant
to
section
359.30
or
359.33
and
except
that
the
expenses
of
the
cemetery
commission
shall
be
paid
from
the
county
general
fund.
b.
The
cemetery
commission,
once
created,
may
continue
to
assume
jurisdiction
and
management
of
a
cemetery
that
would
no
longer
qualify
as
a
pioneer
cemetery
due
to
recent
burials
if
the
cemetery
qualified
as
a
pioneer
cemetery
upon
or
after
creation
of
the
cemetery
commission.
The
choice
to
continue
retaining
jurisdiction
and
control
of
a
cemetery
that
no
longer
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qualifies
as
a
pioneer
cemetery
shall
be
made
jointly
between
the
county
board
of
supervisors
and
the
cemetery
commission.
c.
The
board
of
supervisors
and
the
cemetery
commission
may
jointly
decide
to
allow
the
cemetery
commission
to
care
for
any
cemetery
that
had
between
thirteen
and
twenty-four
burials
within
the
previous
fifty
years.
However,
a
cemetery
that
had
thirteen
or
more
burials
within
the
previous
fifty
years
shall
not
be
considered
a
pioneer
cemetery.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
698,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor