27-116. CORPORATE POWERS. Each cemetery maintenance district has power:
1. To sue and be sued.
2. To acquire, hold, use, manage, occupy, possess, lease, exchange, sell and convey lands, make such contracts, and acquire, hold, use, manage, occupy, possess, lease, exchange, sell and convey such personal property as may be necessary or convenient for the purposes of this chapter.
3. To levy and apply such taxes for purposes under its exclusive jurisdiction as are authorized by law.
4. To acquire from a city or county, by gift or purchase, a cemetery and endowment, or other, funds pertaining thereto and to hold, use, manage, occupy, possess, lease, exchange, sell, convey, operate, maintain, improve and beautify such cemetery for the burying of the dead.
History:
[(27-116) 1927, ch. 197, sec. 14, p. 264; I.C.A., sec. 27-115; I.C., sec. 28-116 (1948 Ed.); am. 1955, ch. 123, sec. 1, p. 250; am. 1967, ch. 214, sec. 2, p. 644; am. 1993, ch. 256, sec. 1, p. 882.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 27 - CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIUMS
Chapter 1 - CEMETERY MAINTENANCE DISTRICT LAW
Section 27-101 - PURPOSE AND POLICY OF LAW — SHORT TITLE.
Section 27-102 - CREATION AND ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICT.
Section 27-103 - JOINT COUNTY CEMETERY MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS — COMMISSIONERS.
Section 27-105 - NOTICE OF HEARING OF PROTEST.
Section 27-106 - NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Section 27-107 - ELECTION — QUALIFICATION OF ELECTORS — CANVASS.
Section 27-108 - CANVASS BY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — VALIDITY OF ORGANIZATION.
Section 27-109 - CEMETERY MAINTENANCE BOARD — APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS — OATH.
Section 27-110 - TERM OF OFFICE — VACANCIES.
Section 27-111 - ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS.
Section 27-112 - ANNEXATION OR EXCLUSION OF TERRITORY FROM DISTRICT — PROCEDURE.
Section 27-113 - ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY IN ADJOINING COUNTY.
Section 27-114 - ORGANIZATION OF BOARD — MEETINGS — OFFICERS — OFFICIAL BONDS.
Section 27-115 - CEMETERY MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS ARE BODIES CORPORATE.
Section 27-116 - CORPORATE POWERS.
Section 27-117 - GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD OF CEMETERY MAINTENANCE COMMISSIONERS.
Section 27-119 - COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF CEMETERY MAINTENANCE BOARD COMMISSIONERS.
Section 27-120 - AUDITOR TO FURNISH ASSESSED VALUATION — BOARD TO MAKE LEVY.
Section 27-121 - LEVIES BY CEMETERY MAINTENANCE BOARD COMMISSIONERS.
Section 27-122 - INDEBTEDNESS PROHIBITED — EXCEPTION.
Section 27-123 - DUTIES OF TREASURER OF CEMETERY MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
Section 27-124 - WARRANTS — COUNTERSIGNED BY SECRETARY.
Section 27-125 - ADOPTION OF BUDGET — HEARING.
Section 27-126 - NOTICE OF HEARING — PUBLICATION — CONTENTS.