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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
February 15, 2001 - Introduced by Senators Moen, M. Meyer, Schultz and Plache,
cosponsored by Representatives
Montgomery, Ryba, Underheim, Huebsch,
Ladwig and Starzyk. Referred to Committee on Human Services and Aging.
SB51,1,2
1An Act to create 157.114 of the statutes;
relating to: requiring certain cemetery
2authorities to provide for burials during each season.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires, with certain exceptions, 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 bill's requirement to provide for burials during each season does not apply
to any of the following: 1) a municipality that takes control of a cemetery that the
owner or operator has abandoned or failed to care for; or 2) a town board that takes
control of a cemetery that has fallen into disuse or is abandoned or neglected.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB51, s. 1
3Section
1. 157.114 of the statutes is created to read:
SB51,2,2
4157.114 Duty to provide for burials. (1) In this section, "cemetery
5authority" does not include a municipality that takes control of a cemetery under s.
1157.115 (1) (b) or a town board that takes charge of a cemetery under s. 157.115 (1)
2(c).
SB51,2,6
3(2) A cemetery authority shall, insofar as practicable, provide for burials
4during each season, including winter. Nothing in this subsection may be construed
5to prohibit a cemetery authority from charging a reasonable fee to recover the costs
6related to providing for a burial during difficult weather conditions.
