House File 629 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 334)


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to cemeteries, the classification of pioneer
  2    cemeteries, and claims of adverse possession concerning
  3    cemeteries or pioneer cemeteries.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1812HV 83
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 331.325, subsection 1, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  As used in this section, "pioneer cemetery" means a
  1  4 cemetery where there have been six twelve or fewer burials in
  1  5 the preceding fifty years.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 523I.102, subsection 39, Code 2009, is
  1  7 amended to read as follows:
  1  8    39.  "Pioneer cemetery" means a cemetery where there were
  1  9 six twelve or fewer burials in the preceding fifty years.
  1 10    Sec. 3.  Section 523I.316, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1 11 the following new subsection:
  1 12    NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  ADVERSE POSSESSION.  A cemetery or a
  1 13 pioneer cemetery is exempt from seizure, appropriation, or
  1 14 acquisition of title under any claim of adverse possession,
  1 15 unless it is shown that all remains in the cemetery or pioneer
  1 16 cemetery have been disinterred and removed to another
  1 17 location.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill relates to cemeteries, the classification of
  1 20 pioneer cemeteries, and claims of adverse possession
  1 21 concerning cemeteries or pioneer cemeteries.  The bill changes
  1 22 the definition of pioneer cemetery to a cemetery where there
  1 23 have been 12 or fewer, instead of six or fewer, burials in the
  1 24 preceding 50 years.
  1 25    The bill also provides that a cemetery or pioneer cemetery
  1 26 is exempt from seizure, appropriation, or acquisition of title
  1 27 under a claim of adverse possession unless it is shown that
  1 28 all remains in the cemetery or pioneer cemetery have been
  1 29 disinterred and removed to another location.
  1 30 LSB 1812HV 83
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