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Committee backs bill tightening disinterment permits and protecting family cemeteries, lowers private cemetery size requirement
Summary
The committee advanced Senate Bill 146 after adopting amendments that (1) clarify permit requirements and oversight for disinterment and reinterment, (2) allow heirs court access to maintain family cemeteries on private land, and (3) reduce the minimum lot size for private cemeteries from 1 acre to 0.5 acre; members passed the measure unanimously.
The Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee voted unanimously to advance Senate Bill 146, a measure the sponsor described as closing loopholes that have left historic family cemeteries vulnerable to disturbance.
Sponsor Senator Williams told the committee about examples in North Georgia and an Atlanta suburb where headstones were removed or access was restricted. The bill would tighten permitting and oversight for disinterment and reinterment; witnesses and the sponsor…
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