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(1999 Session of the Indiana General Assembly) |
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of the three bills (HB 1226, HB 1522 and SB 280) which have survived
thus far in the 1999 General Assembly's legislative process. This
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their Indiana Senators and Representatives to express their opinions on
the subject of protecting our Hoosier pioneer cemeteries. Free
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Bill
1522 Cemetery
Rep.
Markt Lytle
Co-authors: Rep. James Bottorff <R71@ai.org> and Rep. Cleo Duncan <R67@ai.org> |
01-12-1999: Referred to Committee
on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development
02-15-99: Passed by the House Committee 02-25-99: Reps. Richardson, Oxley, Stilwell, Budak, Kruse, Steele, Cherry, Saunders, Mangus, Friend and Behning added as co-authors 02/25/1999 Referred to the Senate SENATE ACTION 03/03/1999: Referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal and Civil Procedures 03-17-1999: Senate Hearings; amendments made to Bill 03-25-1999: Passed out of Committee. 03-29-1999: Second reading before full Senate. |
The bill will add a new SECTION 2. IC 35-43-1-2.1
TO THE INDIANA CODE prohibiting a person from recklessly,
knowingly, or intentionally damaging personal property contained in a structure
or located at a cemetery or a facility used for memorializing the dead.
Adds an entirely new section to the Indiana Code at 14-21-2 requiring any person lawfully removing a grave marker of any description to file with the County Recorder a detailed written report and photographs of the stones and the site. Makes it illegal to buy or sell any cemetery art or artifact removed from a cemetery.
EXCLUDES "agricultural purposes" from being allowed to disturb a burial site. Adds new language making it illegal
to disturb, deface or damage a cemetery monument.
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Bill 1076
Cemetery protection |
Rep.
Duane Cheney <R10@ai.org>
01-06-1999: Referred to Committee on Human Affairs 03-17-99: Did not pass out of Committee |
Cemetery protection. Requires that the person effecting disinterment, removal, and reinterment of a grave give 60 days written notice to the decedent's next of kin and publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation. Requires the person effecting the removal of graves to file a certificate of removal facts with the county recorder in the county from which the graves were removed and the county in which reinterment is made. Requires that the certificate of removal facts list information contained on the gravestone or other markers, such as the birth date, death date, and family name. Requires that all expenses associated with the disinterment, removal, and reinterment be paid by the person effecting the disinterment, removal, and reinterment. Requires the person effecting the disinterment, removal, and reinterment to ensure that the site for reinterment is suitable and reasonably accessible to relatives of the decedent. Requires that disinterment, removal, and reinterment be performed under the supervision and direction of the county executive or the county executive's designee. Requires that due care be taken to furnish suitable coffins or boxes for reinterring human remains and to remove, protect, and replace all gravestones or other markers. | |
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Bill 1112
Abandoned cemeteries |
Rep.
F. Dale Grubb <R42@ai.org>
01-06-1999: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development 02-08-99: House Committee Hearings in House Chambers 03-17-99: Did not pass out of Committee |
Abandoned cemeteries. Requires a person who discovers buried human remains as a result of land development to notify the department of natural resources not later than two business days after the discovery. Provides that all development must cease until the township board of the township that contains a majority of the property where the human remains were discovered issues a ruling permitting the continuation of development. Requires the township board to base its ruling on a report by the department of natural resources. Provides that if the township board issues a ruling in favor of the continuation of development, the person effecting the removal of the human remains shall rebury the remains in a suitable site and remove and protect all tombstones or other markers or provide suitable replacements at a cost to be borne by the person effecting the removal. | |
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Bill 1226
Pioneer cemetery fund and environmental license plates |
Rep. Richard W. Mangus <no website or e-mail
address listed>
01-11-1999: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development 02-25-99: Passed by the House and referred to the Senate |
Pioneer cemetery fund and environmental license plates. Creates the pioneer cemeteries maintenance and restoration fund to be administered by the Indiana historical bureau. Permits a county cemetery association to apply for a grant from the pioneer cemeteries maintenance and restoration fund. Creates a second environmental license plate. Requires the auditor of state to deposit money raised from the sale of the plate in the pioneer cemeteries maintenance and restoration fund. | |
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Bill 1422
Cemetery preservation |
Rep.
Cleo Duncan <R67@ai.org>
01-12-1999: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development 02-15-99: Appears to have "died in Committee" due to opposition from the Township Trustees; did not pass out of Committee |
Cemetery preservation. Requires the board of commissioners of a county to appoint a county cemetery commission. Changes control of cemeteries from the township trustee to the county legislative body. Makes conforming amendments. | |
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Bill 1588
Cemetery protection VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL TO HB 1076 AND SB 280 |
Rep.
Brent E. Steele <R65@ai.org>
01-21-1999: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development 03-17-1999: Did not pass out of committee |
Requires the person effecting disinterment, removal, and reinterment of a grave to give 60 days written notice to the decedent's next of kin and publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation. Requires the person effecting the removal of a grave to file a certificate of removal facts with the county recorder in the county from which the grave is removed and the county in which reinterment is made. Requires that the certificate of removal facts list information contained on the gravestone or other markers, such as the birth date, death date, and family name. Requires that all expenses associated with the disinterment, removal, acquisition of the new burial site, and reinterment be paid by the person effecting the disinterment, removal, acquisition, and reinterment. Requires the person effecting the disinterment, removal, and reinterment to ensure that the site for reinterment is suitable and reasonably accessible to relatives of the decedent. Requires that disinterment, removal, and reinterment be performed under the supervision and direction of the county executive or the county executive's designee. Requires that due care be taken to furnish suitable coffins or boxes for reinterring human remains and to remove, protect, and replace all gravestones or other markers. | |
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Bill 178
Creation of cemetery rehabilitation grant fund |
Senator
Allen Paul <no e-mail address listed>
01-05-1999: Referred to Committee on Governmental and Regulatory Affairs 01-27-1999: Hearings held; bill held till next hearing 03-17-1999: Did not pass out of committee |
Cemetery rehabilitation grants. Creates the cemetery rehabilitation grant fund. Provides that the state board of funeral and cemetery service administers and controls the fund. Allows a political subdivision to apply to the fund for a grant to rehabilitate a cemetery. Allows the state board of funeral and cemetery service, subject to budget agency approval, to employ the personnel necessary to efficiently administer the fund. Requires that an applicant for a grant prove financial need and agree to use the grant to rehabilitate a cemetery. Limits grants to $10,000 or less. | |
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Bill 280
Protecting old cemeteries from desecration |
Senator
Patricia Miller <no e-mail address listed>
Coauthors: Senators Simpson and Smith
01-07-1999: Referred to Committee on Governmental and Regulatory Affairs 02-02-1999: Passed by the Senate and referred to the House 03-17-1999: STATUS UNKNOWN |
Protecting old cemeteries from desecration.
Requires
that the person effecting disinterment, removal, and reinterment of a grave
give 60 days written notice to the decedent's next of kin and publish the
notice in a newspaper of general circulation. Requires
the person effecting the removal of graves to file a certificate of removal
facts with the county recorder in the county from which the graves were
removed and the county in which reinterment is made. Requires
that the certificate of removal facts list information contained on the
gravestone or other markers, such as the birth date, death date, and family
name. Requires
that all expenses associated with the disinterment, removal, acquisition
of the new burial site, and reinterment be paid by the person effecting
the disinterment, removal, acquisition, and reinterment.
Requires the person effecting the disinterment, removal, and reinterment to ensure that the site for reinterment is suitable and reasonably accessible to relatives of the decedent. Requires that disinterment, removal, and reinterment be performed under the supervision and direction of the county executive or the county executive's designee. Requires that due care be taken to furnish suitable coffins or boxes for reinterring human remains and to remove, protect, and replace all gravestones or other markers. |
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