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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
January 13, 1998 - Introduced by Representatives Ward, Musser and Dobyns.
Referred to Committee on Small Business and Economic Development.
AB707,1,2
1An Act to create 157.114 of the statutes;
relating to: requiring cemetery
2authorities to provide for burials during each season.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the owner or operator of a cemetery (cemetery authority) to
provide for burials, insofar as practicable, during each season, including winter. This
requirement does not prohibit a cemetery authority from charging a reasonable fee
to recover the costs related to providing for a burial during difficult weather
conditions.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB707, s. 1
3Section
1. 157.114 of the statutes is created to read:
AB707,1,8
4157.114 Duty to provide for burials. A cemetery authority shall, insofar as
5practicable, provide for burials during each season, including winter. Nothing in this
6section may be construed to prohibit a cemetery authority from charging a
7reasonable fee to recover the costs related to providing for a burial during difficult
8weather conditions.
