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23-14-68-4.5. Trustee financial assistance to cemetery with insufficient funds

IN Code § 23-14-68-4.5 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 4.5. (a) If the trustee of a township reasonably believes that:

(1) the funds available to a cemetery that is located in the township and described in section 1(b) of this chapter from:

(A) the perpetual care fund maintained by the owner of the cemetery under IC 23-14-48; and

(B) any other source;

are not sufficient to provide for the maintenance of the cemetery; and

(2) providing financial assistance to the cemetery described in subdivision (1) will help to prevent the full responsibility for maintenance of the cemetery from falling on the township under:

(A) sections 1(a) and 4(a)(1) of this chapter;

(B) IC 23-14-64; or

(C) another provision of this article;

the trustee may provide financial assistance to the cemetery for the maintenance of the cemetery.

(b) Financial assistance provided by a trustee to a cemetery under this section may be provided from:

(1) the fund for maintenance of cemeteries created under section 4(b) of this chapter; or

(2) money appropriated under section 4(a)(2) of this chapter.

As added by P.L.14-2018, SEC.11.

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