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Committee advances bill to allow cemeteries to reclaim very old, inactive plots after 100 years
Summary
The Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development committee voted to give House Bill 13 87 a do-pass recommendation after supporters said the measure would let cemeteries recover revenue by reclaiming plots with no activity for 100 years under a streamlined notice process; the committee also held an amendment about business transfers for later work.
Representative Cleer presented House Bill 13 87 to the Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development committee, saying the measure ‘‘leaves intact the 50 year process and adds [a] 100 year process’’ that would let cemeteries use a streamlined notice and advertising procedure to gain ownership of plots with no activity for a century.
The bill would preserve the current 50-year statutory process for terminating plot rights, and add an alternative where, after 100 years of inactivity, a cemetery need only advertise in the county where the cemetery sits and, if there is no response within the bill’s timeframe (the bill references a 60-day window), the cemetery could claim ownership and resell or otherwise manage the plot. The bill also requires industry-standard practice — such as ground-penetrating radar or carbon…
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