19-3106.   Abandoned or uncared for cemeteries or burial places; tax levy,use of proceeds.In any county in this state in which there is located a cemetery orother burial place in which three or more human bodies have beeninterred, and which cemetery or burial place has been abandoned and notcared for, for a period of at least five years, the board of countycommissioners of the county is hereby authorized to provide forthecare of such cemetery or burial place. For the purpose of providingfunds for such care and to pay a portion of the principal and interest onbonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, andamendmentsthereto, by cities located in the county, the board of county commissionersis authorized tomake an annual tax levy on all taxable tangible property ofthe county.

      History:   L. 1949, ch. 221, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 100, § 26; L. 1979,ch. 52, § 123;L. 1999, ch. 154, § 37; May 27.