| This bill allows municipalities to take title to abandoned |
| cemeteries, which are cemeteries in which no burial has taken |
| place for at least 40 years and whose lots or grave sites have |
| not been maintained for at least 10 years. The municipality |
| shall attempt to identify and notify the owner of the |
| municipality's intention to acquire the cemetery. If no owner is |
| identified, the municipality shall publish notice in a newspaper |
| of general circulation of the municipality's intention to acquire |
| the cemetery. If an owner objects and reasserts ownership |
| rights, the owner shall promptly conform to any municipal |
| ordinance concerning the cemetery. If no owner objects within 14 |
| days of the last published notice, then title to the cemetery |
| reverts to the municipality. |
