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  "heading": "Upkeep of cemeteries; local ordinance authorized; penalty; definition of shareholder",
  "text": "A. 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.\n\nB. 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.\n\nC. As used in this Section, \"shareholder\" means any person who owns a controlling share or a majority of the stock of the cemetery corporation.",
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1984, No. 289, §1; Acts 2022, No. 574, §1.",
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