Chapter 363
2013 -- S 0880
Enacted 07/15/13
A N A C T
RELATING TO
TOWNS AND CITIES - COUNCILS AND GOVERNING BODIES
Introduced By: Senator Louis P. DiPalma
Date Introduced: April 25, 2013
It is enacted by the General
Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 45-5-11 of the General Laws in Chapter
45-5 entitled "Councils and
Governing Bodies" is
hereby amended to read as follows:
45-5-11.
Burial lands and funds. -- (a) Town councils may
take and hold, to them and
their successors in office, all lands within their towns,
conveyed to them in trust for burial
purposes and, in like manner, may receive, hold, and manage
all funds conveyed to them for the
purpose of ornamenting or keeping in repair these burial lots
within their towns, and execute the
trusts in accordance with the terms contained in the
instruments of conveyance. Funds received,
or already received, may be placed in a general burial
lot fund and this fund may be invested in
securities which are legal for investment of funds of savings
banks in this state. The earnings of
this fund shall be apportioned to the various individual
trusts in the proportion each trust,
including any undisbursed earnings, bears in relation to the
total of the general burial lot fund.
Funds received or already received for the purpose of
ornamenting or keeping in repair burial lots
in town-owned cemeteries may be placed in a general
burial lot fund, and this fund may be
invested in securities which are legal for investment of funds
of savings banks in this state. The
earnings of this fund shall be apportioned to the individual
trusts in the proportion that the
principal of each trust bears in relation to the total
principal in the general burial lot fund.
(b) Effective July 1,
1976, the town of
the fund, and it shall be used for maintenance of the
entire burial ground.
(c) Effective July 1,
1979, the towns of Tiverton and
earned income of their respective funds, and it shall be
used for maintenance of their entire burial
grounds.
(d) Effective July
1, 2013, the town of
of the fund, and it shall be used for maintenance of the
entire burial ground.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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