I am forwarding this to all that is interested in preserving our pioneer cemeteries.....This is a major step forward in hopes of getting things back on our side when it comes to cleaning up our pioneer cemeteries. If you have questions feel free to ask..... Randy Klemme Franklin County Genealogy and PCRP Coordinator -----Original Message----- From: Lois Mauk <LawOfficeInformationSystem@worldnet.att.net> To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 9:52 PM Subject: [INPCRP-L] Rep. Cleo Duncan's House Bill 1422 >Run, do not walk, to your nearest telephone or computer! > >Write, telephone or e-mail Indiana State Rep. Cleo Duncan (R) today at: > > E-mail: R67@ai.org > > Telephone: (800) 382-9841 (State House) > (317) 232-9600 or (317) 232-9700 > > Mail: Rep. Cleo Duncan > District 67 > Indiana House of Representatives > 200 W. Washington Street > Indianapolis, IN 46204-2786 > >She has tendered a GENUINELY EXCITING bill to the House of Representatives' >Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development. It was >read for the first time on January 12, 1999 and referred to that Standing >Committee. > >HB 1422 is summarized on the Indiana Access website as: > > "Cemetery preservation. REQUIRES the board of > commissioners of a county to appoint a county > cemetery commission. CHANGES CONTROL of cemeteries > from the township trustee to the county legislative > body. Makes conforming amendments." [Emphasis > added.] > >The full text of the bill is available at: >http://www.state.in.us/cgi-bin/legislative/bills/commList.perl > >>From there, click on: > Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development > >>From there, click on: > HB 1422 Cemetery preservation. > >I can't include the full text of the proposed amendments to the statutes to >this message because I can't put in the overstrikes and bolded text used on >the State's site to reflect additions and deletions into a plain text e-mail. > >The major changes Rep. Duncan is proposing include: > >[1] Changing "were established before 1850" to "were established at least >fifty (50) years before the current year". > >[2] Changing "may" to "SHALL" in the sentence: "The board of commissioners >of a county SHALL appoint a county cemetery commission consisting of five >(5) residents of the county." > >[3] Changing "township trustee" to "county legislative body" in the >following section of IC 23-14-68-2: > Sec. 2. The county legislative body {not the Trustee} shall locate and >maintain all the cemeteries described in section 1(a) of this chapter that >are within the county {not the Township}. However, a cemetery association >claiming assistance under this chapter shall furnish a verified statement of >assets and liabilities to the county legislative body {not the Trustee}. > >[4] SECTION 4. IC 23-14-68-4 WOULD BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: > Sec. 4. (a) The county legislative body {not the township} shall >appropriate enough money to provide for the care, repair, and maintenance of >each cemetery described in section 1(a) of this chapter that is located >within the county {not the township}. Funds shall be appropriated under this >subsection in the same manner as other county {not the township} appropriations. > (b) The county legislative body {not the township} may levy a county >{not township} cemetery tax to create a fund for maintenance of cemeteries >under this chapter. If a fund has not been provided for maintenance of >cemeteries under this chapter, part of the county general fund {not the >township fund} may be used. > >[5] SECTION 8. IC 23-14-69-3 WOULD BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: > Sec. 3. A county legislative body {not the trustee} shall care for and >maintain each cemetery to which this chapter applies that is located in the >county {not the township}, keeping the cemeteries in a respectable condition by: > (1) destroying detrimental plants (as defined in IC 15-3-4-1 ), >noxious weeds, and rank vegetation; and > (2) removing all unsightly accumulations and debris. > >[6] This addition would be made to SECTION 15 of IC 23-14-69-8: > (a) Title to cemetery property owned by a township on June 1, 1999, is >transferred to the county in which the township is located on July 1, 1999. >After June 30, 1999, a reference to a township as owner in a title to >cemetery property must be construed as a reference to the county in which >the township is located. > (b) This Section expires July 1, 2002. > >Contact Rep. Duncan today to let her know you support her pioneering efforts >on behalf of Indiana's abandoned, neglected and abused cemeteries. > >Lois >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >Next meeting of the Clark County Cemetery Preservation Committee: > Saturday, Feb. 6, 1999 at 2 PM at Pleasant View Methodist Church on > Highway 60/111, near entrance to Deam's Lake, south of Borden > Website: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5881 > >Help us to distribute the Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Project's >PETITION TO THE INDIANA LEGISLATURE calling for revision of current >state laws regarding protection and maintenance of pioneer cemeteries: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > >==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >Most of my family roots are underground. > >