331.325 - CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE OF PIONEER CEMETERIES -- CEMETERY COMMISSION.

        331.325  CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE OF PIONEER CEMETERIES      -- CEMETERY COMMISSION.         1.  As used in this section, "pioneer cemetery" means a      cemetery where there have been twelve or fewer burials in the      preceding fifty years.         2.  Each county board of supervisors may adopt an ordinance      assuming jurisdiction and control of pioneer cemeteries in the      county.  The board shall exercise the powers and duties of township      trustees relating to the maintenance and repair of cemeteries in the      county as provided in sections 359.28 through 359.40 except that the      board shall not certify a tax levy pursuant to section 359.30 or      359.33 and except that the maintenance and repair of all cemeteries      under the jurisdiction of the county including pioneer cemeteries      shall be paid from the county general fund.  The maintenance and      improvement program for a pioneer cemetery may include restoration      and management of native prairie grasses and wildflowers.         3.  In lieu of management of the cemeteries, the board of      supervisors may create, by ordinance, a cemetery commission to assume      jurisdiction and management of the pioneer cemeteries in the county.      The ordinance shall delineate the number of commissioners, the      appointing authority, the term of office, officers, employees,      organizational matters, rules of procedure, compensation and      expenses, and other matters deemed pertinent by the board.  The board      may delegate any power and duties relating to cemeteries which may      otherwise be exercised by township trustees pursuant to sections      359.28 through 359.40 to the cemetery commission except the      commission shall not certify a tax levy pursuant to section 359.30 or      359.33 and except that the expenses of the cemetery commission shall      be paid from the county general fund.         4.  Notwithstanding sections 359.30 and 359.33, the costs of      management, repair, and maintenance of pioneer cemeteries shall be      paid from the county general fund.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         96 Acts, ch 1182, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 128, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 132, §3         Referred to in § 331.424B, 359.28, 459.102