HB615:

Sale of cemeteries owned by a locality; notice to descendants.

Bill Summary:

Sale of cemeteries owned by a locality; notice
to descendants. Provides that no cemetery owned by a county or
city shall be sold to a private owner unless the county or city has
made a good faith effort to ensure, prior to sale, that the ownership
of such cemetery is vested in the estate of the last owner of record
or that permission for the sale has been granted by the family members
or descendants of such owner. The bill describes a good faith effort
as an attempt by the county or city to contact all known family members
and descendants of the last owner of record no less than three separate
times by phone, mail, or visiting the last known address of record
for such family members or descendants. The bill requires a county
or city to keep written records of each attempt to contact a family
member or descendant.