(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, upon a majority vote of the county legislative body, a county may draw upon its general fund and may solicit, receive and utilize funds from all other sources, public or nonpublic for the purpose of rehabilitating or maintaining dilapidated or abandoned cemeteries, or portions of cemeteries, subject to the limitations imposed by subsection (b). The maintenance may include:
(1) Clearing vegetation or debris as appropriate, planting and otherwise improving the premises, cutting the grass and raking and cleaning cemetery plots at reasonable intervals;
(2) Repairing and preserving the drains, water lines, roads, fences, statues, fountains and other structures;
(3) Securing, maintaining or reconstructing the necessary records of lot ownership and burials;
(4) Resetting or straightening tipped gravemarkers, monuments or memorials; or
(5) Replacing damaged gravemarkers, monuments or memorials.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize any county to utilize funds to maintain cemeteries or portions of cemeteries that are presently maintained adequately or that maintain a sufficient improvement care trust fund pursuant to this chapter and chapter 1 of this title.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, upon a majority vote of the county legislative body, a county may draw upon its general fund and may solicit, receive and utilize funds from all other sources, public or nonpublic for the purpose of rehabilitating or maintaining dilapidated or abandoned cemeteries, or portions of cemeteries, subject to the limitations imposed by subsection (b). The maintenance may include:
(1) Clearing vegetation or debris as appropriate, planting and otherwise improving the premises, cutting the grass and raking and cleaning cemetery plots at reasonable intervals;
(2) Repairing and preserving the drains, water lines, roads, fences, statues, fountains and other structures;
(3) Securing, maintaining or reconstructing the necessary records of lot ownership and burials;
(4) Resetting or straightening tipped gravemarkers, monuments or memorials; or
(5) Replacing damaged gravemarkers, monuments or memorials.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize any county to utilize funds to maintain cemeteries or portions of cemeteries that are presently maintained adequately or that maintain a sufficient improvement care trust fund pursuant to this chapter and chapter 1 of this title.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, upon a majority vote of the county legislative body, a county may draw upon its general fund and may solicit, receive and utilize funds from all other sources, public or nonpublic for the purpose of rehabilitating or maintaining dilapidated or abandoned cemeteries, or portions of cemeteries, subject to the limitations imposed by subsection (b). The maintenance may include:
(1) Clearing vegetation or debris as appropriate, planting and otherwise improving the premises, cutting the grass and raking and cleaning cemetery plots at reasonable intervals;
(2) Repairing and preserving the drains, water lines, roads, fences, statues, fountains and other structures;
(3) Securing, maintaining or reconstructing the necessary records of lot ownership and burials;
(4) Resetting or straightening tipped gravemarkers, monuments or memorials; or
(5) Replacing damaged gravemarkers, monuments or memorials.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize any county to utilize funds to maintain cemeteries or portions of cemeteries that are presently maintained adequately or that maintain a sufficient improvement care trust fund pursuant to this chapter and chapter 1 of this title.
