Subject: Senate File 2008 and House File 2071 Please contact your state senator and house representative and ask for their support in the passage of these bills. Thank you. It's very important that legislators from every area of the state of Iowa be contacted by those who are interested in the preservation of our pioneer burial sites. A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to access to certain burial sites located on 2 private property. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5276HH 81 5 av/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 523I.316, subsection 3, Code Supplement 1 2 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. DUTY TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT. 1 4 a. A governmental subdivision having a cemetery, or a 1 5 burial site that is not located within a dedicated cemetery, 1 6 within its jurisdiction, for which preservation is not 1 7 otherwise provided, shall preserve and protect the cemetery or 1 8 burial site as necessary to restore or maintain its physical 1 9 integrity as a cemetery or burial site. The governmental 1 10 subdivision may enter into an agreement to delegate the 1 11 responsibility for the preservation and protection of the 1 12 cemetery or burial site to a private organization interested 1 13 in historical preservation. 1 14 b. If a public or private organization enters into an 1 15 agreement with a governmental subdivision pursuant to this 1 16 subsection to preserve and protect a cemetery or burial site 1 17 that is located on property owned by another person within the 1 18 jurisdiction of the governmental subdivision, the governmental 1 19 subdivision shall notify the property owner of the location of 1 20 the cemetery or burial site and that the property owner is 1 21 required to permit members of the organization reasonable 1 22 ingress and egress for the purposes of preserving and 1 23 protecting the cemetery or burial site. 1 24 EXPLANATION 1 25 This bill provides that if a public or private organization 1 26 enters into an agreement with a governmental subdivision to 1 27 preserve and protect a cemetery or burial site that is located 1 28 on the property of another person within the jurisdiction of 1 29 the governmental subdivision, the governmental subdivision 1 30 shall notify the property owner of the location of the 1 31 cemetery or burial site and that the property owner is 1 32 required to permit members of the organization reasonable 1 33 ingress and egress for the purposes of preserving and 1 34 protecting the cemetery or burial site. 1 35 LSB 5276HH 81 2 1 av:rj/je/5

Same thing has happened in NYS and Canada. DAVID HILL <dghillia@msn.com> wrote: Subject: Senate File 2008 and House File 2071 Please contact your state senator and house representative and ask for their support in the passage of these bills. Thank you. It's very important that legislators from every area of the state of Iowa be contacted by those who are interested in the preservation of our pioneer burial sites. A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to access to certain burial sites located on 2 private property. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5276HH 81 5 av/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 523I.316, subsection 3, Code Supplement 1 2 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. DUTY TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT. 1 4 a. A governmental subdivision having a cemetery, or a 1 5 burial site that is not located within a dedicated cemetery, 1 6 within its jurisdiction, for which preservation is not 1 7 otherwise provided, shall preserve and protect the cemetery or 1 8 burial site as necessary to restore or maintain its physical 1 9 integrity as a cemetery or burial site. The governmental 1 10 subdivision may enter into an agreement to delegate the 1 11 responsibility for the preservation and protection of the 1 12 cemetery or burial site to a private organization interested 1 13 in historical preservation. 1 14 b. If a public or private organization enters into an 1 15 agreement with a governmental subdivision pursuant to this 1 16 subsection to preserve and protect a cemetery or burial site 1 17 that is located on property owned by another person within the 1 18 jurisdiction of the governmental subdivision, the governmental 1 19 subdivision shall notify the property owner of the location of 1 20 the cemetery or burial site and that the property owner is 1 21 required to permit members of the organization reasonable 1 22 ingress and egress for the purposes of preserving and 1 23 protecting the cemetery or burial site. 1 24 EXPLANATION 1 25 This bill provides that if a public or private organization 1 26 enters into an agreement with a governmental subdivision to 1 27 preserve and protect a cemetery or burial site that is located 1 28 on the property of another person within the jurisdiction of 1 29 the governmental subdivision, the governmental subdivision 1 30 shall notify the property owner of the location of the 1 31 cemetery or burial site and that the property owner is 1 32 required to permit members of the organization reasonable 1 33 ingress and egress for the purposes of preserving and 1 34 protecting the cemetery or burial site. 1 35 LSB 5276HH 81 2 1 av:rj/je/5 ==== HILL Mailing List ==== Have you heard about the HILL DNA PROJECT? There are more than 120 participants currently in the project. Check out the details at: www.hilldna.com do nv da go lvi---until we meet --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.