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urn: urn:us-la:rs:8:905
citation: "R.S. 8:905"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 8 › Chapter 13"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1984, number: 289, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 2022, number: 574, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
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# Upkeep of cemeteries; local ordinance authorized; penalty; definition of shareholder

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.

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.