House
File
2153
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2153
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
577)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
county
jurisdiction
over
portions
of
certain
1
cemeteries.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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2153
Section
1.
Section
331.325,
subsection
3,
Code
2022,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
A
cemetery
that
does
not
otherwise
3
qualify
to
be
under
the
jurisdiction
and
control
of
a
county
4
board
of
supervisors
or
county
cemetery
commission
may
5
designate
a
portion
of
the
cemetery
as
a
pioneer
section
if
at
6
least
fifty
percent
of
the
burials
in
that
portion
occurred
7
at
least
one
hundred
years
prior
to
the
designation.
Upon
8
approval
by
the
cemetery,
the
county
board
of
supervisors,
and
9
the
county
cemetery
commission,
the
county
cemetery
commission
10
may
use
its
resources
to
restore
and
maintain
the
pioneer
11
section
of
the
cemetery
as
though
that
section
was
a
pioneer
12
cemetery.
However,
a
cemetery
with
a
designated
pioneer
13
section
and
the
pioneer
section
itself
shall
not
be
considered
14
a
pioneer
cemetery.
15
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
523I.403
Pioneer
section
——
management
16
by
county
cemetery
commission.
17
A
cemetery
may
designate
a
portion
of
the
cemetery
as
a
18
pioneer
section
to
be
restored
and
maintained
by
the
county
19
cemetery
commission
as
provided
in
section
331.325,
subsection
20
3,
paragraph
“d”
.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
relates
to
the
authority
of
a
county
cemetery
25
commission.
Under
current
law,
a
pioneer
cemetery
is
a
26
cemetery
where
there
have
been
12
or
fewer
burials
in
the
27
preceding
50
years.
A
county
board
of
supervisors
or
a
county
28
cemetery
commission
may
assume
jurisdiction
and
control
of
a
29
pioneer
cemetery,
a
cemetery
that
previously
qualified
as
a
30
pioneer
cemetery,
or
a
cemetery
that
had
between
13
and
24
31
burials
in
the
previous
50
years.
32
The
bill
authorizes
a
cemetery
that
does
not
otherwise
33
qualify
to
be
under
the
jurisdiction
and
control
of
a
county
34
board
of
supervisors
or
county
cemetery
commission
to
designate
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a
portion
of
the
cemetery
as
a
pioneer
section
if
at
least
50
1
percent
of
the
burials
in
that
portion
occurred
at
least
100
2
years
prior
to
the
designation.
Upon
approval
by
the
cemetery,
3
the
county
board
of
supervisors,
and
the
county
cemetery
4
commission,
the
bill
authorizes
the
county
cemetery
commission
5
to
use
its
resources
to
restore
and
maintain
the
pioneer
6
section
of
the
cemetery
as
though
the
section
was
a
pioneer
7
cemetery.
However,
a
cemetery
with
a
designated
pioneer
8
section
and
the
pioneer
section
itself
shall
not
be
considered
9
a
pioneer
cemetery.
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