2019 Indiana Code
Title 23. Business and Other Associations
Article 14. Cemetery Associations
Chapter 70. Trusts for Cemetery Associations
23-14-70-1. Power to receive deposit of money; use of interest
Sec. 1. (a) The board of commissioners of a county may receive from or on behalf of a:
(1) cemetery corporation;
(2) church;
(3) association; or
(4) organization;
that has been dissolved or is to be dissolved a deposit of money to be held in trust under terms that are designated in writing.
(b) Funds may be provided under section 1 of this chapter to the board of commissioners of:
(1) the county in which the cemetery of the cemetery corporation, church, association, or organization is located; or
(2) the county adjoining and nearest to the county described in subdivision (1).
(c) The interest on the funds received under subsection (a) shall be used to keep in good condition any:
(1) abandoned cemetery;
(2) public incorporated cemetery; or
(3) lots, monuments, mausoleums, vaults, or other burial structures in any cemetery.
(d) A board of commissioners may not expend more for the purpose set forth in subsection (c) than the interest earned from the loan or investment of the funds.
As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.44.
