2022 Indiana Code
Title 23. Business and Other Associations
Article 14. Cemetery Associations
Chapter 68. Care of Cemeteries by Townships
23-14-68-4.5. Trustee Financial Assistance to Cemetery With Insufficient Funds
Sec. 4.5. (a) If the trustee of a township reasonably believes that:
(1) the funds available to a cemetery that is located in the township and described in section 1(b) of this chapter from:
(A) the perpetual care fund maintained by the owner of the cemetery under IC 23-14-48; and
(B) any other source;
are not sufficient to provide for the maintenance of the cemetery; and
(2) providing financial assistance to the cemetery described in subdivision (1) will help to prevent the full responsibility for maintenance of the cemetery from falling on the township under:
(A) sections 1(a) and 4(a)(1) of this chapter;
(B) IC 23-14-64; or
(C) another provision of this article;
the trustee may provide financial assistance to the cemetery for the maintenance of the cemetery.
(b) Financial assistance provided by a trustee to a cemetery under this section may be provided from:
(1) the fund for maintenance of cemeteries created under section 4(b) of this chapter; or
(2) money appropriated under section 4(a)(2) of this chapter.
As added by P.L.14-2018, SEC.11.
