Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session
Section 8:905 - Upkeep of cemeteries; local ordinance authorized; penalty; definition of shareholderA. Each municipality having a population of twenty-five thousand or less persons according to the latest federal decennial census and having a commission form of government shall be authorized to adopt an ordinance requiring owners or shareholders of a cemetery to insure that the owner or corporation's cemetery is kept neat and orderly.B. Such a municipality may also adopt as a penalty a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.C. As used in this Section, "shareholder" means any person who owns a controlling share or a majority of the stock of the cemetery corporation.Acts 1984, No. 289, §1; Acts 2022, No. 574, §1.Amended by Acts 2022, No. 574,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2022.