HB 1883 -- Abandoned Cemeteries

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Under current law, if a cemetery has been abandoned, the
Attorney General is required to take action to dissolve the
cemetery ownership and transfer title to the county or
municipality in which the cemetery is located.  This bill allows
the transfer of the cemetery and cemetery funds, upon approval
by the county or municipality, to a Missouri not-for-profit
corporation or religious or charitable organization that is
unrelated to the previous owner.  Any encumbrances existing
against the title of the cemetery are extinguished upon transfer
of the cemetery.  The corporation or organization must care for
and maintain the cemetery with the money and property of the
dissolved entity.  If the corporation or organization plans to
sell, grant, transfer, or convey future rights of internment
within the cemetery, it must elect to operate as an endowed care
cemetery under current state law.