(a) Authority.--Upon petition of at least 10% of living cemetery lot owners, the council may transfer the cemetery and its management to an incorporated cemetery company.
(b) Procedure.--Upon presentation of a petition under subsection (a), the council may enact an ordinance declaring that, upon the acceptance of the ordinance by the incorporated cemetery company and filed with the borough secretary, the title and control of the cemetery shall vest in the incorporated cemetery company.
(c) Recording.--A copy of the ordinance and the acceptance by the incorporated cemetery company, certified by the borough secretary, shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS
Section 2800 - Appropriations for burial ground maintenance
Section 2800.1 - Burial of deceased persons
Section 2801 - Management by cemetery commission
Section 2802 - Transfer from borough to company
Section 2805 - Transfer from company to borough
Section 2805.1 - Neglected or abandoned cemeteries
Section 2808 - Removing bodies to alter plots
Section 2809 - Removal of bodies to other cemeteries
Section 2816 - Purchase of plots for burial of deceased service members