{"id":3983,"date":"2014-12-04T15:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T19:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=3983"},"modified":"2014-12-04T15:00:44","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T19:00:44","slug":"house-considers-cemetery-perpetual-care-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/12\/04\/house-considers-cemetery-perpetual-care-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"House Considers Cemetery Perpetual Care Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning the House Local Government Committee reported Senate Bill 1125<\/a>, legislation that would Public Act 215 of 1937, which authorizes municipalities to
\nown or control cemetery or burial grounds.<\/p>\n

The bill would allow a municipality to establish an endowment and perpetual care fund for a municipally owned cemetery as part of an agreement with a community foundation.<\/p>\n

It would also require the community foundation to authorize the disbursement of earnings
\nfrom the fund to the municipality for care and maintenance of the cemetery. The bill would also require the cemetery to maintain records regarding the use of earnings from
\nthe fund.<\/p>\n

In addition the bill would allow the community foundation’s fees and costs associated with the agreement to be paid from the principal of the fund and specify information that the community foundation would have to include in an annual audit.<\/p>\n

The bill now goes to the full House for consideration.<\/p>\n

Samantha Harkins is the Director of State Affairs for the Michigan Municipal League.\u00a0 She can be reached at <\/em>517-908-0306<\/em> or email at sharkins@mml.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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