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2012 SESSION

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HB 316 Cemeteries; definition for purposes of zoning.

Introduced by: Riley E. Ingram | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Cemeteries.  Clarifies the uses that shall be included in the approval of a cemetery without further zoning approval being required. The bill becomes effective on January 1, 2013. This bill is identical to SB 430.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Cemeteries.  Provides that the definition of cemetery shall include all uses necessarily or customarily associated with interment of human remains.  The bill also exempts certain structures located within a cemetery from the building code or other applicable codes.  Furthermore, the period of validity of the final site plan for a cemetery is extended, and certain land use vesting protections are provided to landowners upon recordation of a declaration restricting the use of the land to use as a cemetery.