Senate File 2008 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY KREIMAN Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to access to certain burial sites located on 2 private property. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5276SS 81 5 av/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 523I.316, subsection 3, Code Supplement 1 2 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. DUTY TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT. 1 4 a. A governmental subdivision having a cemetery, or a 1 5 burial site that is not located within a dedicated cemetery, 1 6 within its jurisdiction, for which preservation is not 1 7 otherwise provided, shall preserve and protect the cemetery or 1 8 burial site as necessary to restore or maintain its physical 1 9 integrity as a cemetery or burial site. The governmental 1 10 subdivision may enter into an agreement to delegate the 1 11 responsibility for the preservation and protection of the 1 12 cemetery or burial site to a private organization interested 1 13 in historical preservation. 1 14 b. If a public or private organization enters into an 1 15 agreement with a governmental subdivision pursuant to this 1 16 subsection to preserve and protect a cemetery or burial site 1 17 that is located on property owned by another person within the 1 18 jurisdiction of the governmental subdivision, the governmental 1 19 subdivision shall notify the property owner of the location of 1 20 the cemetery or burial site and that the property owner is 1 21 required to permit members of the organization reasonable 1 22 ingress and egress for the purposes of preserving and 1 23 protecting the cemetery or burial site. 1 24 EXPLANATION 1 25 This bill provides that if a public or private organization 1 26 enters into an agreement with a governmental subdivision to 1 27 preserve and protect a cemetery or burial site that is located 1 28 on the property of another person within the jurisdiction of 1 29 the governmental subdivision, the governmental subdivision 1 30 shall notify the property owner of the location of the 1 31 cemetery or burial site and that the property owner is 1 32 required to permit members of the organization reasonable 1 33 ingress and egress for the purposes of preserving and 1 34 protecting the cemetery or burial site. 1 35 LSB 5276SS 81 2 1 av:rj/je/5