Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 2,3, 6-535, and 580-647
Section 8:302 - Surveys and mapsA. Every cemetery authority from time to time as its property is developed for cemetery purposes shall, in the case of land, survey and subdivide it into sections, blocks, plots, avenues, walks, or other subdivisions, and make a good and substantial map or plat showing the sections, plots, avenues, walks, or other subdivisions, with descriptive names or numbers. In the case of a mausoleum or a columbarium, it shall make a good and substantial map or plat on which shall be delineated the sections, halls, rooms, corridors, elevations, and other divisions, with descriptive names or numbers.B. The preparation and use of any survey, map, or plat required by Subsection A of this Section shall not constitute the dedication of the property depicted thereon solely for cemetery purposes, unless such property is actually used for those purposes. Accordingly, each such survey, map, or plat may include undeveloped areas which may be marked "reserved for future development" and, when so marked, those areas, when subsequently developed and used for cemetery purposes shall be considered dedicated for such purposes, but if such areas are not to be used for cemetery purposes, the cemetery authority shall have the right to use such areas for any other lawful purposes.C. Copies of such surveys, maps, or plats shall be available for inspection by any interested party at the office of the cemetery authority.D. Cemetery authorities organized after January 1, 1981, shall file the survey, map, or plat provided for in Subsection A of this Section with the board. Each cemetery authority shall file with the board a copy of any such survey, map, or plat affecting property acquired, developed, or used for cemetery purposes after January 1, 1981.Acts 1974, No. 417, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 428, §1; Acts 2022, No. 574, §1.Amended by Acts 2022, No. 574,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2022.Acts 1974, No. 417, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 428, §1.