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United States — Kansas
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Cemetery directors must elect a treasurer, and that treasurer must serve for two years (and until a successor is qualified) and give a board-approved bond.
United States — Kansas
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They have power to appoint and remove a sexton and necessary assistants, set their compensation, and maintain cemeteries in proper condition.
United States — Kansas
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The board of directors must file an annual report with the governing body every year by January 15.
United States — Kansas
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A city may end this cemetery-governance method and abolish the cemetery board, but only if the voters approve at an election called on petition.
United States — Kansas
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A cemetery governing body may revest title to unused cemetery-lot land after 10 years of noncompliance, and if the owner lives in the county it may serve a notice requiring payment of lot-care charges within at least 30 days.
United States — Kansas
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If the sheriff’s return shows nonresident lot owners who cannot be found, the governing body may publish the required notice in the county newspaper and must mail a copy by registered mail to the owners’ last known address.
United States — Kansas
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Cities are barred from taxing motor vehicles by license or stamp tax except as this act allows, and any city that does levy such a tax must do so by ordinance with a uniform amount and only for vehicles with a taxable situs in the city.
United States — Kansas
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The governing board must place the listed notices, proof of service or publication, and resolutions into its records.
United States — Kansas
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If parties do not comply with the resolution within 30 days after service or publication, their rights may be treated as abandoned and the governing body may sue in district court to terminate those rights.
United States — Kansas
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If a grantee or holder has not followed the cemetery’s regulations for 15 years or more, that is prima facie evidence of abandonment of the lots.
United States — Kansas
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A certified copy of a quiet-title judgment may be filed with the register of deeds in the county where the parcel is located.
United States — Kansas
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A city must leave enough access to and from any grave on the lot, using dedicated streets or alleys in the cemetery or enough unused lot space.
United States — Kansas
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This act does not apply to cemetery lots covered by a perpetual care contract between the cemetery and the lot owner.
United States — Kansas
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A city or township may keep and use reclaimed cemetery-lot portions, may not alienate them for one year, and must reconvey the lots if the entitled person pays the required amounts and takes out a perpetual care contract during that year.
United States — Kansas
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Cities that own cemeteries may accept funds from individuals to upkeep burial lots.
United States — Kansas
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When a city receives these funds, it must place them in a special trust fund and invest them as the donor directs, or in authorized investments if the donor gives no direction.
United States — Kansas
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The act applies only to cities that choose to come under it by ordinance.
United States — Kansas
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A city vehicle license or stamp tax ordinance is valid only if voters first approve it at an election.
United States — Kansas
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Cities or townships may seek to revest unused cemetery lot title, but must give notice, keep records, and preserve access to graves.
United States — Kansas
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Cities or counties controlling a cemetery or burial ground must stop it from being used for unrelated purposes and the statute defines “cemetery” and “burial grounds.”