2005 Oregon Code - Chapter 226 :: Chapter 226 - City Parks - Memorials and Cemeteries
Chapter 226 — City Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries
2005 EDITION
CITY PARKS, MEMORIALS AND CEMETERIES
CITIES
GENERAL PROVISIONS
226.010Â Â Â Â Control of municipal corporation over property outside its boundaries
PARK COMMISSION IN CITIES OF 3,000 OR MORE
226.110Â Â Â Â Definitions for ORS 226.120 to 226.240
226.120Â Â Â Â Composition and selection of board of park commissioners
226.131Â Â Â Â Vote required for creation of park commission; conduct of election
226.140Â Â Â Â Organization of board; compensation
226.150Â Â Â Â Duties of secretary
226.160Â Â Â Â Duties of treasurer
226.170Â Â Â Â Publication of penalties
226.180Â Â Â Â Meetings; participation required for business transactions
226.190Â Â Â Â Prohibition of interest in contracts
226.200Â Â Â Â Taxing power of board
226.210Â Â Â Â General powers of board; rules
226.220Â Â Â Â Vote required for special tax levy
226.230Â Â Â Â Dissolution of board and transfer of powers
226.240 Transfer of functions on favorable vote
PARKS, MEMORIALS AND OTHER PUBLIC GROUNDS IN CITIES OF 5,000 OR MORE
226.310    Definition of “city” for ORS 226.320 to 226.400; public character of use
226.320Â Â Â Â Authority to acquire land for certain purposes
226.330Â Â Â Â Appropriation in excess of needs
226.340Â Â Â Â Terms of appropriation ordinance
226.350Â Â Â Â Sale of excess land; restrictive covenants in deed of resale
226.360Â Â Â Â Application of proceeds from sale of excess land
226.370Â Â Â Â Notice and conduct of sale of excess land
226.380Â Â Â Â Condemnation procedure
226.390Â Â Â Â Financing of projects by bond issues
226.400Â Â Â Â Construction of memorials or veteransÂ’ facilities in parks within city limits
MUNICIPAL CEMETERIES
226.410Â Â Â Â Authority to establish cemeteries and crematoria within or without city limits
226.420Â Â Â Â Acquisition of property of cemetery association
226.430Â Â Â Â Control by city after conveyance
226.440Â Â Â Â Sale of lots by city
226.450Â Â Â Â Authority to expend funds for maintenance of cemeteries
ABANDONED CEMETERIES
226.510Â Â Â Â Abandoned cemeteries declared a menace to public health, safety and welfare; acquisition and removal of such cemeteries declared to be public uses
226.520Â Â Â Â Definitions for ORS 226.510 to 226.630
226.530Â Â Â Â Powers of city to acquire and remove cemeteries to another site
226.540Â Â Â Â Public hearing concerning abandoned cemetery
226.550Â Â Â Â Governing body to publish resolution or ordinance upon finding that cemetery should be discontinued
226.560Â Â Â Â City may expend public funds for disinterment, removal and reinterment of remains from abandoned cemetery
226.570Â Â Â Â Power of city to condemn cemetery
226.580Â Â Â Â Parties defendant to suit to condemn
226.590Â Â Â Â Service of summons
226.600Â Â Â Â Effect of service by publication on person or parties in interest
226.610Â Â Â Â Compensation for condemned property determined by jury; factors considered
226.620Â Â Â Â City which acquires abandoned cemetery to proceed with disinterment, removal and reinterment of remains
226.630Â Â Â Â Acts to be done by city in disinterring, removing and reinterring remains; compliance with section a defense in action for damages
PENALTIES
226.990Â Â Â Â Penalties
GENERAL PROVISIONS
     226.010
Control of municipal corporation over property outside its boundaries.
Every incorporated city or municipal corporation owning or controlling any
lands without its boundaries may enact any police or penal ordinance necessary
to protect the same or preserve the peace and order therein or regulate the use
of such park, enforce the ordinance by penalties of fine or imprisonment and
make arrests and serve process of courts therein or upon persons therein or
thereon in like manner and with like effect as the same might be enacted or
enforced within its corporate limits.
PARK COMMISSION IN CITIES OF 3,000 OR MORE
     226.110
Definitions for ORS 226.120 to 226.240. As used in ORS 226.120 to 226.240,
unless the context requires otherwise:
     (1) “Board” means board of city park commissioners.
     (2) “City” means incorporated city containing not less than 3,000 inhabitants.
     (3) “Commissioner” means city park commissioner. [Amended by 2005 c.22 §171]
     226.120
Composition and selection of board of park commissioners. The board of park
commissioners of the city shall be composed of the mayor and city engineer, if
there is one, and if not, the city auditor, together with five citizens
thereof, to be appointed by the circuit court in which the city is located. If
there is more than one circuit judge in the circuit in which the city is located,
the appointment shall be made by all the judges acting together. Not more than
three citizens so appointed to the board shall be of the same political party.
     226.130
[Repealed by 1983 c.350 §53 (226.131 enacted in lieu of 226.130)]
     226.131
Vote required for creation of park commission; conduct of election. The
question whether ORS 226.110 to 226.240 shall take effect in a city shall be
decided by election as provided in this section. The governing body may submit
the question to the electors of the city at an election on a date specified in
ORS 221.230. The election shall be conducted under ORS chapters 246 to 260.
[1983 c.350 §54 (enacted in lieu of 226.130)]
     226.140
Organization of board; compensation. The commissioners shall organize at a
meeting thereof, to be called by the mayor not less than 30 nor more than 60
days after appointment of the commissioners is complete. The mayor shall be
chairperson of the board. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the board appointed
under ORS 226.120, the proper judge or judges shall fill the vacancy.
Commissioners shall not receive compensation for their services as such.
     226.150
Duties of secretary. The board shall appoint a secretary, who shall keep an
accurate record of all proceedings of the board, including all rules and
regulations adopted for government or use of the parks.
     226.160
Duties of treasurer. The city treasurer shall be treasurer of the board.
The treasurer shall keep an accurate account of all moneys received and paid
out on account of the board apart from all other accounts, and shall pay out no
moneys on account of the board, except upon a warrant drawn upon the treasurer
by the chairperson or acting chairperson, countersigned by the secretary or
acting secretary, of the board.
     226.170
Publication of penalties. The rules and regulations of the board for
violation of which penalties are fixed shall be made public, as the board
determines.
     226.180
Meetings; participation required for business transactions. Regular
meetings of the board shall be held on the first Tuesday of each month. Special
meetings may be called by the chairperson upon application of three members of
the board. No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the board without
the presence of three or more of the commissioners. No land shall be purchased
without concurrence of a majority of the board.
     226.190
Prohibition of interest in contracts. No commissioner shall be interested
in any contract to which the board of which the commissioner is a member is a
party or in which it is interested.
     226.200
Taxing power of board. The board, at any of its regular meetings, may
assess a tax, not exceeding one-half mill on the dollar in any one year, upon
the taxable property of the city of which it is the board. This tax shall be
collected like other city taxes and when so collected shall be exclusively
under the control of the commissioners, and shall be exclusively used for park
purposes according to their judgment.
     226.210
General powers of board; rules. (1) The board shall have full and exclusive
control of all parks within or connected with its respective city. For that
purpose it may:
     (a) Lay out and improve such parks.
     (b) Appoint all necessary engineers, surveyors and all other employees, including a police force to act in the parks and fix the amount of their compensation.
     (c) Do all acts needful and proper for the protection, care or improvement of the parks.
     (d) Make all necessary rules or regulations for the use or government of the parks.
     (e) Affix penalties for breaches of the rules or regulations made under paragraph (d) of this subsection. These penalties shall not exceed $20 for any one offense and shall be collected as other fines and penalties are collected in the city where such offense is committed.
     (f) Acquire title by purchase, gift, devise or otherwise, to any land it deems desirable for parks, the title to be taken in the name of the city.
     (2) The board shall disburse all moneys appropriated, given, received or collected for the improvement or use of the parks.
     (3) All contracts for the purchase of land for park purposes shall be made by the board.
     (4) If the board, being desirous of acquiring any land for any park, cannot agree with the owner as to the amount to be paid therefor, the board may proceed in the circuit court of the county in which the land is situated, as provided in ORS 223.005 to 223.020 for the appropriation of such land for park purposes.
     226.220
Vote required for special tax levy. (1) If necessary, the board may provide
for payment of land purchases under ORS 226.210 (1)(f) by a special tax, not to
exceed one-half mill on the dollar in any one year, on taxable property in the
city, to be levied by the board and collected like other city taxes.
     (2) Before such tax shall be levied and upon written application of the board, signed by its chairperson and secretary and filed with the proper city official in such cases, the city council, in the manner provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall submit the proposition of the special tax levy to electors of the city at an election on a date specified in ORS 221.230.
     (3) If the proposition is approved, the special tax shall be levied and collected as provided in ORS 226.200; otherwise the levy shall not be made.
     (4) This section does not apply to the ordinary tax for park purposes as provided by ORS 226.200. [Amended by 1983 c.350 §55]
     226.230
Dissolution of board and transfer of powers. If the governing body of a
city with a park board created under ORS 226.120 decides that the city should
abolish the board and transfer its powers, functions and duties, as defined in
ORS 226.110 to 226.220, to the governing body of the city, the governing body
shall submit the question of the transfer to the electors of the city. The
election shall be held on a date specified in ORS 221.230. [Amended by 1983
c.350 §56]
     226.240
Transfer of functions on favorable vote. If the electors of the city
approve abolition of the park board under ORS 226.230, the park commission
shall cease and the offices of park commissioner terminate within 30 days after
the returns of the election have been canvassed. Thereafter, all powers,
functions and duties of the park commission shall be exercised and performed by
the city council or city commission exclusively, to the same extent as if those
powers, functions and duties had originally been vested in and exercised by the
city council or the city commission. [Amended by 1983 c.350 §57]
PARKS, MEMORIALS AND OTHER PUBLIC GROUNDS IN CITIES OF 5,000 OR MORE
     226.310
Definition of “city” for ORS 226.320 to 226.400; public character of use.
(1) As used in ORS 226.320 to 226.400, “city” means any incorporated city
having 5,000 inhabitants or more.
     (2) The taking, using, acquiring and appropriating of private property for any purpose specified in ORS 226.320 to 226.390 is declared to be done for public use.
     226.320
Authority to acquire land for certain purposes. Whenever the municipal
authorities determine by ordinance to do so, the city may purchase, acquire,
take, use, enter upon and appropriate land and property within or without its
corporate limits for the purpose of:
     (1) Public squares, parks, memorial monuments or buildings, pioneer memorials, pioneer museums, memorials and monuments to United States war veterans, sites or buildings for meeting places for such war veterans, auto campgrounds, playgrounds or comfort stations.
     (2) Enlarging any public square, park, auto campground, playground or comfort station.
     226.330
Appropriation in excess of needs. The city may purchase, acquire, take,
use, enter upon and appropriate land and property in excess of what may be
needed for any public squares, parks or playgrounds.
     226.340
Terms of appropriation ordinance. (1) In the ordinance providing for an
appropriation under ORS 226.330, the municipal authorities shall specify and
describe the land authorized to be taken, purchased, acquired, used and
appropriated. Such land shall not embrace more than 200 feet beyond the
boundary line of the property to be used for the public squares, parks or
playgrounds in order to protect the same by resale of the neighboring property
with restrictions whenever the council determines thereon by ordinance.
     (2) The council shall declare in the ordinance that the control of the neighboring property within 200 feet of the boundary lines of the public squares, parks or playgrounds is reasonably necessary in order to protect the public squares, parks or playgrounds, their environs, the preservation of the view, appearance, light, air, health or usefulness thereof.
     226.350
Sale of excess land; restrictive covenants in deed of resale. After so much
land and property referred to in ORS 226.330 as is needed has been appropriated
for public squares, parks or playgrounds, the municipal authorities of the city
may by ordinance authorize the sale of the remainder of such land or property and
impose such restrictions in any deed of resale as may be deemed necessary or
proper. The ordinance shall specify correctly and describe the land or property
to be sold, and the restrictions in regard to the use thereof. The restrictions
shall fully insure the protection of the public squares, parks, or playgrounds,
their environs, the preservation of the view and appearance, light, air, health
or usefulness thereof, whenever the council shall by ordinance determine
thereon and which are to be imposed and inserted in the deed of resale.
     226.360
Application of proceeds from sale of excess land. The proceeds from resale
of any neighboring property taken in excess of what may be necessary for actual
construction, opening, widening, extending and laying out of any public square,
park or playground as provided in ORS 226.310 to 226.390 shall be deposited in
the city treasury and used in payment of interest and as a sinking fund to
retire any bond issues authorized under ORS 226.390. Any surplus arising from
such transaction shall be turned over to and for the use of the park department
of the city.
     226.370
Notice and conduct of sale of excess land. Before selling the neighboring
lands or property acquired under ORS 226.320 to 226.360, or any part thereof or
any right or interest therein, the municipal authorities of the city shall give
a notice of such sale by publication for five successive days in one or more
daily newspapers of the city having a general circulation therein and by
posting a similar notice in two conspicuous places in or upon the property
described and referred to in the notice. The notice shall describe the property
to be sold and shall state any restrictions under which the property will be
sold and the terms of sale. The notice shall further state that sealed
proposals will be received by an officer of the city named in the notice at the
office of the officer for such purchase until the day and hour named therein.
At the time appointed, such municipal authority shall open the proposals and
shall either award to the highest responsible bidder for the purchase of the
property; or at their discretion, reject any or all bids, and readvertise in
the manner provided in this section.
     226.380
Condemnation procedure. When it is intended by the municipal authorities of
the city to take, use and appropriate private property for any of the purposes
mentioned in ORS 226.320 to 226.340 and the owners and the municipal
authorities cannot agree upon compensation and damages arising therefrom,
compensation and damages shall be considered, ascertained, determined, awarded
and paid in the manner provided by general laws relative to condemnation or by
such means as may be prescribed by the city charter for widening, opening,
laying out or extending streets, or for acquiring private property for park
purposes, at the option of the municipal authorities.
     226.390
Financing of projects by bond issues. The municipal authorities may issue
bonds for the costs and expenses of acquiring the private property for any of
the purposes mentioned in ORS 226.320 to 226.380. The bonds shall be at such
rate of interest and for such length of time as the municipal authorities
determine, shall be advertised and sold in such manner as the municipal
authorities determine and shall be a general obligation of the city. The
municipal authorities shall, at the time of issuing the bonds, make provisions
for the payment of interest and a sinking fund for the retirement thereof.
     226.400
Construction of memorials or veteransÂ’ facilities in parks within city limits.
The city may permit and authorize the following uses of parks, which are lawful
uses of any grounds or premises dedicated as public parks, unless the use
thereof for such purposes is forbidden by the terms of the conveyance creating
such parks:
     (1) The erection and construction of memorial monuments and buildings.
     (2) Pioneer memorials and pioneer museums.
     (3) Memorials and monuments to United States war veterans.
     (4) Buildings for meeting places of pioneer associations or veterans upon any public park within the limits of the city. [Amended by 2005 c.22 §172]
MUNICIPAL CEMETERIES
     226.410
Authority to establish cemeteries and crematoria within or without city limits.
Any incorporated city may acquire, own, maintain and operate cemeteries and
crematoria either inside or outside its corporate limits, in accordance with
such plans as the city governing body deems best.
     226.420
Acquisition of property of cemetery association. Any incorporated city may
acquire, by purchase or gift, any ground or other property belonging to any
cemetery association, situate within the corporate limits of the city, for the
purpose of owning, controlling or operating such cemetery and the interment of
the body of any deceased person therein, or the disinterment and removal to a
different cemetery of the body of any person buried therein, or for any other
purpose.
     226.430
Control by city after conveyance. Whenever any cemetery association
transfers to any incorporated city, as provided in ORS 226.420, the ground and
property of such cemetery association, from and after such transfer the city
shall have exclusive control of such cemetery and all property connected
therewith.
     226.440
Sale of lots by city. Any incorporated city acquiring incorporated cemetery
association property as provided in ORS 226.420, may sell or otherwise dispose
of any lots or blocks situate in and being a part of such cemetery in the
manner prescribed by the common council of such city.
     226.450
Authority to expend funds for maintenance of cemeteries. All cities owning
and controlling lands, lots or parcels of ground used for cemetery purposes may
expend, for the purpose of beautifying, caring for and keeping up all such
lands and premises, such public funds as have been included for that purpose in
their annual budget.
     226.480
[1953 c.51 §1; repealed by 1981 c.48 §8]
     226.490
[1971 c.38 §1; repealed by 1981 c.48 §8]
ABANDONED CEMETERIES
     226.510
Abandoned cemeteries declared a menace to public health, safety and welfare;
acquisition and removal of such cemeteries declared to be public uses. It
hereby is found and declared:
     (1) That there exists within municipal corporations of the state, cemeteries which have been abandoned and cemeteries which have deteriorated and become dilapidated and overgrown with weeds, trees, shrubs or other uncontrolled growth.
     (2) That such cemeteries, by reason of their unsightly appearance, fire hazard, and by reason of their providing a place of concealment conducive to criminal activities and juvenile delinquency, constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of such municipal corporations; and that these conditions necessitate the use of public funds for crime prevention, fire protection, control of juvenile delinquency, accident protection and other public services and facilities.
     (3) That the clearance and removal of such cemeteries are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent, private property acquired, and are governmental functions of municipal and state concern.
     (4) That the varied nature of ownership of cemetery plots, the diverse ownership of land, the difficulty of locating interested persons, the existence of unknown graves and remains and other conditions prevent an orderly removal of such remains and clearance of such cemeteries, and because of such conditions, it is in the public interest that such cemeteries be acquired by municipal corporations by eminent domain or otherwise, for the orderly removal of such remains to other suitable place or places and the discontinuance of such cemeteries and the exercise of the power of eminent domain, and the financing of the acquisition and preparation of land by a municipal corporation for disinterment and reinterment is declared a public use and purpose. [1953 c.298 §1]
     226.520
Definitions for ORS 226.510 to 226.630. As used in ORS 226.510 to 226.630:
     (1) “Abandoned cemetery” means any cemetery in which no remains of deceased persons have been interred for a period of five years.
     (2) “Cemetery” means any tract of land set apart by deed, will or otherwise, for a burial ground, or for the purpose of interring the remains of deceased persons.
     (3) “Diligent search” means a search as shall be reasonably calculated to discover:
     (a) Graves from the existence of monuments, contour of land and terrain, fencing, curbing and other evidences of the location of graves; and
     (b) The location of human remains and the determination as to whether or not a given plot contains such remains, for which it shall be sufficient to employ the method commonly known as probing.
     (4) “Municipal corporation” means the governing body of any city incorporated under the laws of this state.
     (5) “Remains” means the remains of any deceased person.
     (6) “Suitable location” means any cemetery, now in existence or hereafter established, including a portion of any cemetery subject to the provisions of ORS 226.510 to 226.630, where provision is made for the perpetual care and upkeep of the graves. [1953 c.298 §2; 2005 c.22 §173]
     226.530
Powers of city to acquire and remove cemeteries to another site. Any
municipal corporation, by and through its governing body, in addition to the
powers and privileges heretofore conferred upon municipal corporations by the
laws of this state, shall for the purposes of ORS 226.530 to 226.630 have the
power to:
     (1) Acquire cemeteries and cemetery properties, by eminent domain, conveyance or otherwise.
     (2) Acquire real property for the purpose of reinterment of remains.
     (3) Disinter remains and remove all gravestones, monuments or other evidences of the location or existence of graves, and to move the same to another site.
     (4) Sell, lease or convey land acquired under the authority of ORS 226.530 to 226.630, or through voluntary transfers or otherwise. [1953 c.298 §3]
     226.540
Public hearing concerning abandoned cemetery. The governing body of any
municipal corporation that has within its boundaries a cemetery that has been
abandoned, or that has deteriorated and become neglected, and so located as to
endanger the health, welfare, comfort or safety of the public, may upon
petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the electors of the municipal
corporation, and filed with the recorder, or similar officer thereof, set a
date for public hearing, and give notice thereof by publication, once a week
for two successive weeks, prior to the hearing, in a newspaper having general
circulation within the county in which the municipal corporation is located,
said public hearing to be had within 60 days after the filing of such petition.
[1953 c.298 §4; 2005 c.22 §174]
     226.550
Governing body to publish resolution or ordinance upon finding that cemetery
should be discontinued. Upon a finding by the governing body of a municipal
corporation, after such hearing, that a cemetery located within such
corporation is abandoned, or has become deteriorated or dilapidated and
overgrown with weeds, trees, shrubs or other uncontrolled growth, and is so
located as to endanger the health, welfare, comfort or safety of the public,
and that the public welfare requires that such cemetery be discontinued,
relocated and cleared, the governing body shall publish its findings by
ordinance or resolution. [1953 c.298 §5]
     226.560
City may expend public funds for disinterment, removal and reinterment of
remains from abandoned cemetery. Upon the adoption of a resolution or
ordinance, as provided for by ORS 226.540 and 226.550, the governing body of
said municipal corporation may provide for the expenditure of public funds
necessary for the disinterment, removal and reinterment of remains and any and
all other expenses incident thereto, including, but not limited to, acquisition
of property, cost of court proceedings, publications, fees and other incidental
expenses incurred in connection with any proceeding under the provisions of ORS
226.510 to 226.630, and may include the same in the next annual budget of such
municipal corporation. [1953 c.298 §6]
     226.570
Power of city to condemn cemetery. Upon the adoption by the governing body
of a municipal corporation of an ordinance or resolution, as provided by ORS
226.540 and 226.550, such governing body shall have the authority, by an action
filed in the circuit court of the State of Oregon for the county in which such
municipal corporation is located to condemn any cemetery subject to
condemnation by the provisions of ORS 226.510 to 226.630. [1953 c.298 §7; 1979
c.284 §124]
     226.580
Parties defendant to suit to condemn. The complaint in any suit brought
under the provisions of ORS 226.510 to 226.630 shall include as defendants the
names of all record owners of lots, or plots located in the cemetery sought to
be condemned or any portion or parcel of such cemetery, and the names of the
heirs of all record owners as shown by the probate records of the county in
which such cemetery is located, and shall include any and all other persons
having or claiming any interest of any kind or nature in such cemetery, or any
lot or plot thereof, who may be joined as defendants and designated as “all
other persons or parties having or claiming any right, title, estate or
interest.” [1953 c.298 §8]
     226.590
Service of summons. The summons in the action shall be served on all named
defendants who, by diligent search, can be found, in a like manner as service
of summons in a civil action. Service of summons on named defendants who cannot
be found may be made by publication as provided in ORCP 7. Service of summons
on the defendants included in the complaint as “all other persons or parties
having or claiming any right, title, estate or interest” may be made by
publication. The manner of making publication in the case of those defendants
designated as “all other persons or parties having or claiming any right,
title, estate or interest” shall be the same as provided in the order for
publication of summons in the case of named defendants, except that no order
shall be required. [1953 c.298 §9; 1979 c.284 §125]
     226.600
Effect of service by publication on person or parties in interest. All such
persons or parties having or claiming any right, title, estate or interest in
the real property in controversy, so served by publication as in ORS 226.590
provided, shall have the same rights as provided by law in case of all other
defendants upon whom service is made by publication, and the suit shall proceed
against such persons in the same manner as against defendants who are named,
upon whom service is made by publication, and with like effect; and any such
persons or parties who claim any right, title, estate or interest in said real
property in controversy, at the time of the commencement of the suit, duly
served as aforesaid, shall be found and concluded by the judgment in such suit,
and if the same is in favor of the plaintiff therein, as effectually as if the
suit was brought against such defendant by his or her name and constructive
service obtained. [1953 c.298 §10; 2003 c.576 §401]
     226.610
Compensation for condemned property determined by jury; factors considered.
The matter of compensation, if any, shall be determined by a jury called for
such purpose; and the court shall, in addition to other instructions, instruct
that the jury shall consider the following factors as a benefit and offset:
     (1) The cost of a suitable reinterment site.
     (2) The cost of preparation of site and its perpetual care and maintenance.
     (3) The cost of removal and reinterment of remains.
     (4) The cost of such marker or monument as may be placed at the site of reinterment. [1953 c.298 §11]
     226.620
City which acquires abandoned cemetery to proceed with disinterment, removal
and reinterment of remains. Whenever any municipal corporation shall have
proceeded under ORS 226.510 to 226.630, and a judgment of the court shall vest
in said municipal corporation the title to such cemetery properties, as
referred to herein, by eminent domain, such municipal corporation shall proceed
with the removal of remains, stones, monuments and any and all evidences of a
grave, and provide for reinterment in a suitable location, within a reasonable
time after the entry of a general judgment, and the expiration of the time for
appeal therefrom, or the final disposition of any appeal which may be filed in
connection with the judgment. [1953 c.298 §12; 2003 c.576 §402]
     226.630
Acts to be done by city in disinterring, removing and reinterring remains;
compliance with section a defense in action for damages. (1) The removal of
remains, headstones and other evidence of the locations of graves, and the
clearance of the cemetery property, may be done under the direct supervision of
the governing body of the municipal corporation, or such commission as such governing
body may appoint, and such removal, reinterment, clearance and other acts in
connection with this program shall be sufficient, if the following specific
acts are done:
     (a) If all of the remains that can be located within said cemetery, after a reasonable search for such remains, as in ORS 226.520 defined, has been conducted, are removed in a manner reasonably providing for respectful and careful treatment of such remains, and providing for reinterment and recommitment, in a respectful manner.
     (b) If the identity of remains is preserved in so far as reasonably practicable, having due regard to the conditions of the cemetery, the condition and location, or dislocation of stones and monuments, and other factors related to the particular project, and, in so far as practicable, the identity shall be shown upon the relocation of said graves in a new location, by the erection of suitable markers at the location of such graves.
     (c) In the event that there are remains in such cemetery which cannot be identified, all of such remains may be interred in a section of the new cemetery site, and the same may be marked by one suitable monument, which shall contain the names of persons, known to have been interred in said cemetery, but whose remains could not be identified.
     (2) It shall be a complete defense, in any action brought by any person for damages against the municipal corporation, or other persons or organization affecting such relocation and reinterment, as above described, upon any grounds whatever, to plead and prove a substantial compliance with the provisions of this section. [1953 c.298 §13]
PENALTIES
     226.990
Penalties. Violation of ORS 226.190 is punishable, upon conviction, in the
same manner and to the same extent as for a crime defined in ORS 164.043,
164.045, 164.055 and 164.057. [Amended by 1971 c.743 §347; 1987 c.907 §14]
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