Title: Cemeteries

Summary: Exempts from provisions governing cemeteries columbarium of specified size located on property of specified motorsports entertainment complex; requires that owner & subsequent owners of such complex ensure that columbarium is constructed & perpetually kept & maintained in certain manner, subject to certain provisions.

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An act relating to cemeteries; amending s. 497.260, F.S.; exempting from provisions governing cemeteries a columbarium of a specified size located on the property of a specified motorsports entertainment complex; requiring that the owner and subsequent owners of such complex ensure that the columbarium is constructed and perpetually kept and maintained in a certain manner, subject to certain provisions; providing an effective date. 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 Section 1. Paragraph (j) is added to subsection (1) of section 497.260, Florida Statutes, to read: 497.260 Cemeteries; exemption; investigation and mediation.-(1) The provisions of this chapter relating to cemeteries and all rules adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to all cemeteries except for: (j) A columbarium in Volusia County consisting of acres or less located on the property of a motorsports entertainment complex as defined in s. 549.10. The owner, as defined in s. 549.10, who establishes the columbarium, or, if the motorsports entertainment complex changes owners, the subsequent owner, must ensure that the columbarium is constructed and perpetually kept and maintained in a manner consistent with subsection (2) and the intent of this chapter, subject to the following provisions: 1. The Daytona Beach City Commission by resolution designates the columbarium acreage as a municipal cemetery; 2. The Daytona Beach Racing and Recreational Facilities Commission by resolution consents to the establishment of a columbarium on the property; and 3. The owner of the motorsports entertainment complex establishes a care and maintenance fund pursuant to s. 497.268. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.