HF 3043

1st Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 04/30/2014 11:18am

A bill for an act
relating to local government; authorizing local governments to transfer cemetery
property to a tribal cemetery association; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012,
section 306.02, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 306.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Transfer by local government unit.

Cemetery land and property or a
public burial ground owned or controlled by a town, statutory or home rule charter city, or
county may be transferred by deed or otherwise to an existing cemetery association or
corporation deleted text begin or one deleted text end new text begin , a cemetery association or corporation new text end formed under this chapter new text begin , or
a cemetery association or corporation formed under the laws of a federally recognized
Indian tribe in Minnesota new text end . The transfer may be with or without condition, as determined
by the town, statutory or home rule charter city, or county. The town, statutory or home
rule charter city, or county may, as a part of the transaction, enter into a contract or
agreement with the cemetery association to provide for the management and maintenance
of the cemetery, for the sale of lots or land in the cemetery, and for those other matters
concerning the care and control of the cemetery as the town, statutory or home rule charter
city, or county considers advisable.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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