17-1302a.   Replatting of areas of certain cemeteries established byreligious corporations.Whenever a religious organization has, prior to the effective date ofthis act established a cemetery and provided for the operation thereof by aboard of directors, and the lots have been surveyed and platted and theplat recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in whichthe cemetery is situated prior to 1940, and where there are some areas ofthese platted lands containing a number of lots which have not been sold orotherwise disposed of, and the board of directors of the cemetery shalldetermine that there is a real necessity to widen driveways and change thesize of the lots in such unsold or undisposed of platted areas, then, theboard of directors may replat such areas that are to be used for cemeterypurposes in such a manner as to widen the driveways and change the size ofthe unsold lots, so that they may be utilized in the best possible way.Such replat shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds in thesame manner as the original plat was recorded.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 123, § 1; July 1.