House File 216 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE BY ARNOLD, KAUFMANN, SWAIM, and HUSER Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to cemeteries, including what constitutes a 2 pioneer cemetery 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 HF 216 6 av/cm/25 PAG LIN 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 beensixtwelve 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 9sixtwelve 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 HF 216 1 19 av/cm/25