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Act 215 of 1937
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CEMETERY OR BURIAL GROUNDS

Act 215 of 1937

AN ACT to authorize municipalities to own or control cemetery or burial grounds; to provide for perpetual care and maintenance; to provide for endowment and perpetual care funds; and to permit municipalities to authorize the creation of joint cemetery associations.


History: 1937, Act 215, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1937 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 366, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1980 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 422, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2014


© 2017 Legislative Council, State of Michigan

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

DocumentTypeDescription
Section 128.1SectionPerpetual care and maintenance of cemetery or burial lot; resolution or ordinance; payment; investment in mutual funds; petition to transfer money to municipality.
Section 128.2SectionJoint cemetery authority; formation and purpose.
Section 128.3Section"Community foundation" and "municipality" defined.
Section 128.4SectionIrrevocable endowment and perpetual care fund; establishment as component fund within community foundation; powers and duties of community foundation; "fund" defined.
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