AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 155w 19Section 155w. 69.22 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,6,2420 69.22 (1r) By the 15th day of the first month following the end of a calendar
21quarter, the state registrar and any person acting under this subchapter shall
22forward to the state treasurer the amounts specified in sub. (1) (e) and (f) that are
23received during the calendar quarter. The state treasurer shall credit all amounts
24received under this subsection to the cemetery management insurance fund.".
AB1-ASA1-AA61,7,1
18. Page 173, line 16: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,7,3 2" Section 338bc. 157.061 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 157.061 (1c) and
3amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,7,54 157.061 (1c) "Burial" means entombment, inurnment or, interment, or
5placement in a mausoleum, vault, crypt, or columbarium
.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338bg 6Section 338bg. 157.061 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,7,77 157.061 (1b) "Board" means the cemetery board.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338bL 8Section 338bL. 157.061 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,7,129 157.061 (1d) "Burial space" means a space that is used or intended to be used
10for the burial of human remains and, when used in reference to the sale, purchase,
11or ownership of a burial space, includes the right to bury human remains in the
12burial space.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338bp 13Section 338bp. 157.061 (1j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,7,1414 157.061 (1j) "Business representative" has the meaning given in s. 452.01 (3k).
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338bt 15Section 338bt. 157.061 (1p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,7,1716 157.061 (1p) "Cemetery" means a place that is dedicated to and used or
17intended to be used for the final disposition of human remains.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338bbx 18Section 338bbx. 157.061 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,7,2119 157.061 (2m) "Cemetery lot" means a grave or 2 or more contiguous graves and,
20when used in reference to the sale, purchase or ownership of a cemetery lot, includes
21the right to bury human remains in that cemetery lot
.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338cc 22Section 338cc. 157.061 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,8,423 157.061 (3) "Cemetery merchandise" means goods associated with the burial
24of human remains, including monuments, markers, nameplates, vases, and urns,

1and any services that are associated with supplying or delivering those goods or with
2the burial of human remains and that may be lawfully provided by a cemetery
3authority, including opening and closing of a burial space. The term does not include
4caskets or outer burial containers.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338cg 5Section 338cg. 157.061 (3g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,8,76 157.061 (3g) "Columbarium" means a building, structure, or part of a building
7or structure that is used or intended to be used for the inurnment of cremains.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338cL 8Section 338cL. 157.061 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,8,109 157.061 (3r) "Columbarium space" means a niche, crypt, or specific place in a
10columbarium that contains or is intended to contain cremains.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338cp 11Section 338cp. 157.061 (8g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,8,1412 157.061 (8g) "Lawn crypt" means an interment space in chambers that are
13preplaced at either a single depth or multiple depths and that are located primarily
14underground.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338ct 15Section 338ct. 157.061 (8r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,8,1716 157.061 (8r) "Licensed cemetery authority" means a cemetery authority that
17is licensed under s. 440.91 (1).
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338cx 18Section 338cx. 157.061 (11r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,8,2419 157.061 (11r) "Payment of principal" means the portion of a payment for the
20purchase of a cemetery lot, cemetery merchandise or a mausoleum burial space that
21represents the principal amount owed by the purchaser for the cemetery lot,
22cemetery merchandise or mausoleum burial space, and does not include any portion
23of the payment that represents any taxes, finance or interest charges , or insurance
24premiums.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338dc 25Section 338dc. 157.061 (14m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,9,2
1157.061 (14m) "Registered cemetery authority" means a cemetery authority
2that is registered under s. 440.91 (1m).
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338dg 3Section 338dg. 157.061 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,9,64 157.061 (15) "Religious association" means any church, synagogue, or mosque
5or any, incorporated college of a religious order, or religious society organized under
6ch. 187.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338dL 7Section 338dL. 157.061 (15m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,9,98 157.061 (15m) "Religious cemetery authority" means a cemetery authority of
9a cemetery owned and operated by a religious association.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338dp 10Section 338dp. 157.061 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,9,1311 157.061 (17) "Undeveloped space" means a mausoleum space, columbarium
12space, or lawn crypt
that is not ready for the burial of human remains on the date
13of the sale of the mausoleum space, columbarium space, or lawn crypt.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338dt 14Section 338dt. 157.062 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,9,2415 157.062 (1) Organization. Seven or more residents of the same county may
16form a cemetery association. They shall meet, select a chairperson and secretary,
17choose a name, fix the annual meeting date, and elect by ballot not less than 3 nor
18more than 9 trustees whom the chairperson and secretary shall immediately divide
19by lot into 3 classes, who shall hold their offices for 1, 2, and 3 years, respectively.
20Within 3 days, the chairperson and secretary shall certify the corporate name, the
21names, home addresses and business addresses of the organizers and of the trustees,
22and their classification, and the annual meeting date acknowledged by them, and,
23except as provided in sub. (9),
deliver the certification to the department of financial
24institutions. The association then has the powers of a corporation.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338dx 25Section 338dx. 157.062 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,10,6
1157.062 (2) Amendments. The association may change its name, the number
2of trustees or the annual meeting date by resolution at an annual meeting, or special
3meeting called for such purpose, by a majority vote of the members present, and,
4except as provided in sub. (9),
by delivering to the department of financial
5institutions a copy of the resolution, with the date of adoption, certified by the
6president and secretary or corresponding officers.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338ec 7Section 338ec. 157.062 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,10,138 157.062 (3) Validation. When there shall have been a bona fide attempt to
9organize a cemetery association, but a failure to record a properly drawn and
10executed certificate of organization, and it has in good faith bought and platted
11grounds and conveyed cemetery lots burial spaces and carried on business for over
1225 years, the same shall be a body corporate from the date of conveyance to it of real
13estate, and its transfers and other transactions are validated.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338eg 14Section 338eg. 157.062 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,10,2215 157.062 (4) (a) An annual election shall be held during the annual meeting.
16The annual meeting, and any special meeting described in sub. (2), shall be held at
17a place in the county chosen by the trustees upon public notice as required by the
18bylaws. Trustees chosen after the first election shall be proprietors of cemetery lots
19burial spaces in the cemetery, residents of the state, and hold office for 3 years.
20Election shall be by ballot and a plurality shall elect. Each owner of one or more
21cemetery lots burial spaces is entitled to one vote, and one of several owners of a
22cemetery lot burial space, designated by the majority of them, shall cast the vote.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338eL 23Section 338eL. 157.062 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,11,424 157.062 (5) Trustees; duties, report. The trustees may fill vacancies for the
25unexpired term. One shall be chosen president, and they shall appoint a secretary

1and treasurer, and may require security of the treasurer. The trustees shall manage
2the affairs and property of the association and control and beautify the cemetery, and
3may establish regulations for those purposes. The trustees shall make and file
4written reports as required in s. 157.62 (1) and (2).
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338ep 5Section 338ep. 157.062 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,11,206 157.062 (6) (b) If an association that has been dissolved under par. (a), or any
7group that was never properly organized as a cemetery association, has cemetery
8grounds and human remains are buried in the cemetery grounds, 5 or more
9members, or persons interested as determined by order of the circuit judge under par.
10(c), may publish a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, in the municipality in which the
11cemetery is located, of the time, place, and object of the meeting, assemble, and
12reorganize by the election of trustees and divide them into classes as provided in sub.
13(1), the commencement of the terms to be computed from the next annual meeting
14date. The secretary shall enter the proceedings of the meeting on the records. The
15association is reorganized upon delivery of a copy of the proceedings to the
16department of financial institutions, except as provided in sub. (9). Upon
17reorganization, the title to the cemetery grounds, trust funds, and all other property
18of the association or group vests in the reorganized association, under the control of
19the trustees. The reorganized association may continue the name of the dissolved
20association or may adopt a new name.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338et 21Section 338et. 157.062 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,12,722 157.062 (6) (c) If an association is dissolved under par. (a) or any group has
23never been properly organized as cemetery association, and there are fewer than 5
24members living or residing in the county where the cemetery is located, the circuit
25judge for the county shall upon the petition of any person interested, make an order

1determining who are persons interested in the cemetery. Any adult person who owns
2an interest in any cemetery lot burial space in the cemetery, who is related to any
3person buried in the cemetery, or who is a descendant, brother, sister, nephew, niece,
4or surviving spouse of a member of the dissolved association, is an interested person.
5The circuit judge may make the order upon evidence he or she deems sufficient, with
6or without hearing. The order need not contain the names of all persons interested,
7but shall contain the names of at least 5 such persons.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338ex 8Section 338ex. 157.062 (9) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338fc 9Section 338fc. 157.063 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,12,12 10157.063 General duties and powers of board. (1) In addition to the other
11duties and powers of the board under this subchapter, the board shall do each of the
12following:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,12,1413 (a) Advise the secretary of regulation and licensing on matters relating to
14cemeteries, to this subchapter or subch. VIII of ch. 440, or to the board.
AB1-ASA1-AA61,12,1615 (b) Independently exercise its powers, duties, and functions that are specified
16in this subchapter and subch. VIII of ch. 440.
AB1-ASA1-AA61,12,2117 (c) Be the supervising authority of all personnel, other than shared personnel,
18engaged in the review, investigation, or handling of information regarding
19investigations and disciplinary matters affecting persons who are registered or
20licensed by the department under subch. VIII of ch. 440, or in the exercise of
21administrative discretion with regard to the discipline of those persons.
AB1-ASA1-AA61,12,2422 (d) Maintain, in conjunction with the board's operations, in central locations
23designated by the department, all records pertaining to the functions independently
24retained by the board.
AB1-ASA1-AA61,13,5
1(e) Compile and keep current a register of the names and addresses of all
2persons who are registered or licensed by the department under subch. VIII of ch. 440
3that is retained by the department and that is available for public inspection during
4the days specified in s. 230.35 (4) (a). The department may also make the register
5available to the public by electronic transmission.
AB1-ASA1-AA61,13,6 6(2) The board does not have rule-making authority.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338fg 7Section 338fg. 157.064 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,13,128 157.064 (2) A cemetery or religious association incorporated in this state and
9having a cemetery in or near a 1st or 2nd class city and any cemetery described under
10s. 157.065 (3m) (d) may acquire by gift or purchase up to 30 acres of adjoining lands
11for cemetery purposes, and may pay for it wholly or partly from its cemetery lot burial
12space
sales.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338fL 13Section 338fL. 157.064 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,14,214 157.064 (6) Whenever the majority of the members of a cemetery association,
15or of a religious association authorized to hold lands for cemetery purposes, present
16at an annual meeting or special meeting called for such purpose vote to convey all
17of the cemetery association's or religious association's cemetery property, trust funds
18and other property used for cemetery purposes to another cemetery association or
19religious association, the trustees of the association shall transfer the property upon
20the acceptance of the transfer by the other association by affirmative vote of a
21majority of its members present at an annual meeting or special meeting called for
22that purpose. Upon such acceptance, the title to the cemetery property, trust funds
23and other property of the transferring association vests in the accepting association
24under the control of the trustees of the accepting association. A conveyance under

1this subsection is subject to s. 157.08 (2). This subsection does not apply to a religious
2society organized under ch. 187 cemetery authority.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338fp 3Section 338fp. 157.065 (1) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338ft 4Section 338ft. 157.066 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,14,7 5157.066 Burial spaces not located in cemeteries. (1) A city, village, or
6town may enact and enforce an ordinance that allows a person to bury human
7remains in a burial space that is not located in a cemetery.
AB1-ASA1-AA61,14,10 8(2) Unless a city, village, or town has enacted an ordinance under sub. (1), no
9person may bury human remains in the city, village, or town in a burial space that
10is not located in a cemetery.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338fx 11Section 338fx. 157.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,14,1912 157.07 (1) A cemetery authority shall cause to be surveyed and platted by a
13land surveyor registered in this state those portions of the lands that are from time
14to time required for burial
used, after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor
15inserts date], for burials
, into cemetery lots burial spaces, drives, and walks, and
16record a plat or map of the land in the office of the register of deeds. The plat or map
17may not be recorded unless laid out and platted to the satisfaction of the county board
18of the county, and the town board of the town, in which the land is situated, or, if the
19land is situated within a 1st class city, then only by the common council of that city.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338gc 20Section 338gc. 157.07 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,15,721 157.07 (5) The cemetery authority may vacate or replat any portion of its
22cemetery upon the filing of a petition with the circuit court describing the portion and
23setting forth the facts and reasons therefor. The court shall fix a time for hearing and
24direct publication of a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, and the court shall order a copy
25of the notice to be mailed to at least one interested person, as to each separate parcel

1involved, whose post-office address is known or can be ascertained with reasonable
2diligence, at least 20 days before such hearing. If the court finds that the proposed
3vacating or replatting is for the best interest of the cemetery authority and that the
4rights of none to whom cemetery lots burial spaces have been conveyed will be
5injured, it shall enter an order reciting the jurisdictional facts and its findings and
6authorizing the vacating or replatting of the lands of the cemetery. The order shall
7be effective when recorded by the register of deeds.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338gg 8Section 338gg. 157.07 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,15,109 157.07 (6) This section does not apply to a religious society organized under ch.
10187
cemetery authority.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338gL 11Section 338gL. 157.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,15,1812 157.08 (1) After the plat or map is recorded under s. 157.07, the cemetery
13authority may sell and convey cemetery lots burial spaces. Conveyances shall be
14signed by the chief officer of the cemetery authority, and by the secretary or clerk of
15the cemetery authority, if any. Before delivering the conveyance to the grantee, the
16cemetery authority shall enter on records kept for that purpose, the date and
17consideration and the name and residence of the grantee. The conveyances may be
18recorded with the register of deeds.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338gp 19Section 338gp. 157.08 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,15,2520 157.08 (2) (a) If a cemetery lot or mausoleum burial space is sold by a cemetery
21authority and used or intended to be used for the burial of the human remains of the
22purchaser or the purchaser's family members, the purchaser's interests in the
23ownership of, title to, or right to use the cemetery lot or mausoleum burial space are
24not affected or limited by any claims or liens of other persons against the cemetery
25authority.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338gs
1Section 338gs. 157.08 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 157.08 (2) (b) 1.
2(intro.) and amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,16,63 157.08 (2) (b) 1. (intro.) Before a cemetery authority sells or encumbers any
4cemetery land, except for a sale described in par. (a)
takes any of the following
5actions
, the cemetery authority shall notify the department in writing of the
6proposed sale or encumbrance.
:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,16,12 73. If within 60 days after the department is notified of the proposed sale or
8encumbrance
under subd. 1. the department notifies the cemetery authority in
9writing that the department objects to the sale or encumbrance proposed action, the
10cemetery authority may not sell or encumber the cemetery land take the action
11unless the department subsequently notifies the cemetery authority in writing that
12the objection is withdrawn.
AB1-ASA1-AA61,16,18 134. The department may object to a sale or encumbrance an action under subd.
143.
only if it determines that the cemetery authority will not be financially solvent or
15that the rights and interests of owners of cemetery lots and mausoleum burial spaces
16will not be adequately protected if the sale or encumbrance occurs action is taken.
17The department shall promulgate rules that establish requirements and procedures
18for making a determination under this subdivision
.
AB1-ASA1-AA61,16,23 195. The department may, before the expiration of the 60-day period under subd.
203.
, notify the cemetery authority in writing that the department approves of the sale
21or encumbrance
action. Upon receipt of the department's written approval, the
22cemetery authority may sell or encumber the cemetery land take the action and is
23released of any liability under this paragraph.
AB1-ASA1-AA61,16,25 246. The department shall make every effort to make determinations under this
25paragraph in an expeditious manner.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338gt
1Section 338gt. 157.08 (2) (b) 1. a., b., c. and d. of the statutes are created to
2read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,17,43 157.08 (2) (b) 1. a. Sells or encumbers any cemetery land, except for a sale
4described in par. (a).
AB1-ASA1-AA61,17,65 b. Transfers ownership or control of 50% or more of the assets or stock of the
6cemetery.
AB1-ASA1-AA61,17,87 c. Engages in a transaction that results in a person acquiring ownership or
8control of 50% or more of the stock of the cemetery.
AB1-ASA1-AA61,17,109 d. Transfers responsibility for management or operation of the cemetery
10authority.
AB1-ASA1-AA61, s. 338gx 11Section 338gx. 157.08 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA61,17,1312 157.08 (2) (b) 2. The department shall promulgate rules that specify the
13documentation that must be submitted with a notification under subd. 1.
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