Sec. 3. For the purposes of this chapter, the maintenance of a cemetery includes the following:
(1) Resetting and straightening all monuments.
(2) Leveling and seeding the ground.
(3) Constructing fences where there are none and repairing existing fences.
(4) Destroying and cleaning up detrimental plants (as defined in IC 15-16-8-1), rampant weeds, and rank vegetation.
(5) Mowing the lawn.
As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42. Amended by P.L.2-2008, SEC.48; P.L.14-2018, SEC.9; P.L.162-2021, SEC.8.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 23. Business and Other Associations
Article 14. Cemetery Associations
Chapter 68. Care of Cemeteries by Townships
23-14-68-1. Application of Chapter
23-14-68-2. Township Trustee Locating and Maintaining Cemeteries
23-14-68-3. Maintenance of Cemeteries
23-14-68-4. Appropriations for Maintenance and for Financial Assistance; Cemetery Tax
23-14-68-4.5. Trustee Financial Assistance to Cemetery With Insufficient Funds
23-14-68-5. Trustee's Failure to Perform Duties
23-14-68-6. Trustee's Sale of Cemetery Plots
23-14-68-7. Transfer of Control and Management to Cemetery Caretaker