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CT Gen Stat § 19a-302. (Formerly Sec. 19-153) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368j - Cemeteries|Section 19a-302. (Formerly Sec. 19-153) - Takeover of fund. Appointment of cemetery committee.

 If at any time such association fails to comply with the provisions of section 19a-301, the selectmen of the town in which such cemetery is located shall take over the care of such fund and file an annual report with the Probate Court in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-301. The selectmen may appoint a cemetery committee consisting of not fewer than three or more than seven members who are residents of such town. If three members are appointed, one shall serve for a term of two years, one for a term of four years and one for a term of six years; if four members are appointed, one shall serve for a term of two years, one for a term of four years and two for a term of six years; if five members are appointed, one shall serve for a term of two years, two for a term of four years and two for a term of six years; if six members are appointed, two shall serve for a term of two years, two for a term of four years and two for a term of six years; and if seven members are appointed, two shall serve for a term of two years, two for a term of four years and three for a term of six years. Biennially thereafter, they may appoint one member for a term of six years to replace each member whose term expires. Such committee shall have all of the powers and duties of a committee established as provided in section 19a-301.(1953, S. 2360d; P.A. 03-252, S. 24; P.A. 04-257, S. 37.)History: Sec. 19-153 transferred to Sec. 19a-302 in 1983; P.A. 03-252 changed the number of members of cemetery committee from three to not fewer than three or more than seven, and revised provisions re terms for members; P.A. 04-257 made technical changes, effective June 14, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-303. (Formerly Sec. 19-154) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368j - Cemeteries|Section 19a-303. (Formerly Sec. 19-154) - Acceptance of legacy.

 Any town or ecclesiastical society, at any meeting warned and held for that purpose, may accept, upon the terms and conditions expressed by a testator in his will, any legacy intended as a provision for the enlargement, improvement or repair of any cemetery or any part thereof, in any town in this state.(1949 Rev., S. 4715.)History: Sec. 19-154 transferred to Sec. 19a-303 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-304. (Formerly Sec. 19-155) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368j - Cemeteries|Section 19a-304. (Formerly Sec. 19-155) - Care of funds by towns.

 Such a donation, when received by a town, shall, unless otherwise directed by the donor, be paid to the town treasurer; and the income therefrom shall be paid by such treasurer to such person as the selectmen may annually appoint to receive and expend such income. The person so appointed shall give a bond to the town for such sum as the selectmen may fix, with surety to their satisfaction, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties; and thereupon such person shall expend such income pursuant to the terms of the instrument or declaration of trust regulating the use thereof, and, when no specific direction has been made by the donor relative to the expenditure of such income, or when the purpose specified is incapable of performance, or when there is a surplus of income after the directions of the trust have been fully complied with and performed, he shall expend the same wholly or in part for the general care or improvement of the cemeteries and burial lots or of private lots within such cemeteries in such town.(1949 Rev., S. 4716; 1957, P.A. 329, S. 2.)History: Sec. 19-155 transferred to Sec. 19a-304 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-305. (Formerly Sec. 19-156) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368j - Cemeteries|Section 19a-305. (Formerly Sec. 19-156) - Probate Court may make allowance for care of lot.

 The Court of Probate may allow, out of the estate of a deceased person in settlement before such court, such amount as it deems necessary for the perpetual care, or for care for such time as it determines, of the cemetery lot wherein the deceased is interred.(1949 Rev., S. 4721.)History: Sec. 19-156 transferred to Sec. 19a-305 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-306. (Formerly Sec. 19-157) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368j - Cemeteries|Section 19a-306. (Formerly Sec. 19-157) - Cemeteries in adjoining towns.

 When any cemetery association or ecclesiastical society owns or manages a cemetery or cemeteries in two adjoining towns, or in the town next adjoining the town in which such association or society is located, a certificate of the registrar of that one of such towns in which any person dies shall be sufficient to enable such association or society to bury such deceased person in any of the cemeteries owned or managed by it as aforesaid.(1949 Rev., S. 4718.)History: Sec. 19-157 transferred to Sec. 19a-306 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-307. (Formerly Sec. 19-158) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368j - Cemeteries|Section 19a-307. (Formerly Sec. 19-158) - Sale of abandoned or unused lots.

 Any town or any mutual nonstock cemetery association or corporation having charges legally assessed against any lot in the cemetery under its control or any holder of any such lot which have been due and unpaid for at least one year shall be authorized to sell the unused portion of such lot in such manner as its legislative body or governing board, as the case may be, may direct, provided a notice shall be sent by registered or certified mail to any such lotholder and any other person known to be beneficially interested in any such lot, at the last-known address of such lotholder or other person, which notice shall substantially contain the information that, if such legally assessed charges are not paid within six months from the date of the issuance of such notice, such town, cemetery association or corporation may take over any unused portion of such lot for the purpose of sale. If such town, association or corporation is unable to determine any person known to be beneficially interested in any such lot, it shall cause to be published, in a newspaper having a circulation in the town in which the cemetery is located, at least once, a notice containing the same information as is sent to any known lotholder or person known to be beneficially interested. The proceeds from the sale of such unused portion of such lots shall first be used to reimburse such town, association or corporation for any past due charges and costs of sale. The balance shall be placed in a perpetual care fund, the interest from which shall be expended in the care of such uncared-for lots in such cemetery as are designated by the legislative body of such town or the governing board of such cemetery, as the case may be.(1949 Rev., S. 4705; 1957, P.A. 97; 1971, P.A. 172; P.A. 18-87, S. 1.)History: 1971 act allowed towns, acting through their legislative bodies, to sell abandoned or unused lots in cemeteries under their control; Sec. 19-158 transferred to Sec. 19a-307 in 1983; P.A. 18-87 replaced “ten years” with “one year” re charges due and unpaid, replaced “a year” with “six months” re notice information, deleted provision re space reserved for surviving spouse, and deleted “a week for three consecutive weeks,” re notice in newspaper, effective July 1, 2018, and applicable to contracts entered into on and after said date.See Sec. 19a-314 re penalty for violation of this section.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-308. (Formerly Sec. 19-159) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368j - Cemeteries|Section 19a-308. (Formerly Sec. 19-159) - Care of neglected cemeteries. Civil and criminal liability for undertaking care and maintenance.

 (a) In any town in which there is a burial ground or cemetery containing more than six places of interment and not under the control or management of any currently functioning cemetery association, that has been neglected and allowed to grow up to weeds, briars and bushes, or about which the fences have become broken, decayed or dilapidated, the selectmen of such town may cause such burial ground or cemetery to be cleared of weeds, briars and bushes, may mow the ground's lawn areas and may cause its fences or walls to be repaired and kept in orderly and decent condition and its memorial stones to be straightened.(b) No municipality or employee, officer or agent of a municipality shall be civilly or criminally liable for undertaking the care and maintenance of a burial ground or cemetery, as described in subsection (a) of this section.(1949 Rev., S. 4719; P.A. 14-217, S. 204.)History: Sec. 19-159 transferred to Sec. 19a-308 in 1983; P.A. 14-217 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by deleting “annually”, adding provision re mowing lawn areas and making technical changes, and added Subsec. (b) re civil and criminal liability for undertaking care and maintenance.Annotation to former section 19-159:Cited. 168 C. 447.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-308b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368j - Cemeteries|Section 19a-308b - Neglected cemetery account.

 (a) There is established an account to be known as the “neglected cemetery account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Office of Policy and Management for the purposes of municipal maintenance of neglected burial grounds and cemeteries, as described in section 19a-308.(b) Each municipality may apply for moneys in the account established pursuant to this section on a form and in such manner as prescribed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.(P.A. 14-217, S. 205.)
CT Gen Stat § 19a-309. (Formerly Sec. 19-160) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368j - Cemeteries|Section 19a-309. (Formerly Sec. 19-160) - Headstones at soldiers' graves.

 No cemetery association shall make or enforce any bylaw, order or regulation prohibiting the erection of any tombstone or headstone, provided by the state or otherwise, at the grave of any soldier, sailor or marine buried in such cemetery. Each association or officer thereof who violates any provision of this section shall be fined fifty dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 4720.)History: Sec. 19-160 transferred to Sec. 19a-309 in 1983.See Sec. 19a-297 re authority of selectmen, cemetery associations or ecclesiastical societies to enact bylaws for management and care of burial lots.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-311. (Formerly Sec. 19-162) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368j - Cemeteries|Section 19a-311. (Formerly Sec. 19-162) - Inspection. Burial prohibited until certificate obtained.

 Such structure shall be erected under the supervision of an inspector to be appointed by the Department of Public Health, which shall determine the amount of his compensation, such compensation to be paid by the person erecting the same. No vault, crypt, niche, mausoleum, columbarium or structure, and no addition or alteration thereof, shall be used for the purpose of interring therein any body until the person, firm or corporation operating such structure has obtained from said department a certificate, signed by the Commissioner of Public Health, certifying that the plans and specifications filed pursuant to the provisions of section 19a-310 have been complied with, and that the requirements for a maintenance fund provided for in subsection (a) of section 19a-312 have been complied with, which certificate shall be filed in the office of the town clerk of the town wherein the community mausoleum is located, provided a columbarium which is used solely as a repository for the remains, after cremation of deceased persons and is located on the premises of any religious society or corporation shall not be subject to the provisions of this section.(1949 Rev., S. 4707; 1971, P.A. 34, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-180, S. 59, 166; P.A. 19-57, S. 3.)History: 1971 act excluded columbarium used solely for cremated remains and located on premises of religious society or corporation from provisions of section; P.A. 77-614 replaced department and commissioner of health with department and commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-162 transferred to Sec. 19a-311 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-180 made a technical change, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 19-57 replaced reference to Sec. 19a-312(b) with reference to Sec. 19a-312(a).
CT Gen Stat § 19a-312. (Formerly Sec. 19-163) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368j - Cemeteries|Section 19a-312. (Formerly Sec. 19-163) - Mausoleums and columbariums. Maintenance. Court order re removal of body for interment. Public nuisance.

 (a) There shall be established and maintained a fund for the perpetual care and maintenance of each mausoleum and columbarium, by applying in the case of a mausoleum not less than the sum of one hundred dollars from the proceeds received from the sale of each crypt and ten per cent of the proceeds received from the sale of each room; and in case of niches in a mausoleum or columbarium, used as a repository for the remains of deceased persons after cremation, a sum which shall be equivalent to ten per cent of the sale price of each niche. If sales of crypts or rooms in any such mausoleum, or sales of niches in any such mausoleum or columbarium, are made upon a partial payment plan, there shall be set apart and applied to said maintenance fund from each such payment such proportion thereof as the number of partial payments bears to the total amount of the sum required to be set aside for such fund.(b) When any mausoleum, vault, crypt or structure containing one or more deceased human bodies, in the opinion of the Department of Public Health, becomes a menace to public health, and the owner or owners thereof fail to remedy or remove the same to the satisfaction of said department, any court of competent jurisdiction may order the person, firm or corporation owning such structure to remove the deceased body or bodies for interment in some suitable cemetery at the expense of the person, firm or corporation owning such mausoleum, vault or crypt. If no such person, firm or corporation can be found in the county where such mausoleum, vault or crypt is located, such removal and interment shall be at the expense of the cemetery, city or town within which such mausoleum, vault or crypt is located, or of the cemetery association in charge of any such cemetery.(c) Any cemetery or mausoleum maintained or constructed contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be enjoined in an action brought by any taxpayer of this state.(1949 Rev., S. 4708; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 19-57, S. 2.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-163 transferred to Sec. 19a-312 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 19-57 deleted former Subsec. (a) re sale of crypt, room in mausoleum or niche in columbarium, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) to (d) as Subsecs. (a) to (c) and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-313. (Formerly Sec. 19-161a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368j - Cemeteries|Section 19a-313. (Formerly Sec. 19-161a) - Burials above ground restricted.

 No person shall be buried, interred or entombed in any burying ground, or in any vault, niche, crypt, columbarium, mausoleum or structure wholly or partially above the surface of the ground, unless such burying ground or structure is located within the confines of an established cemetery which is owned, managed or controlled by a municipality, ecclesiastical society, cemetery association or corporation, as provided in this chapter, or a private burying ground or structure approved by the Department of Public Health.(P.A. 75-138; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-161a transferred to Sec. 19a-313 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-314. (Formerly Sec. 19-164) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368j - Cemeteries|Section 19a-314. (Formerly Sec. 19-164) - Penalty.

 Any officer, manager or agent of any corporation or association, or any other person, who violates any provision of section 19a-296, 19a-307, 19a-310, 19a-311 or 19a-312 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both; but no provision of said sections shall prohibit or apply to the construction of temporary receiving vaults.(1949 Rev., S. 4709.)History: Sec. 19-164 transferred to Sec. 19a-314 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-314a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368j - Cemeteries|Section 19a-314a - Disclosure of dispute resolution procedure relating to the sale of any item or service by a town, ecclesiastical society or cemetery association which owns, manages or controls a cemetery. “Cemetery” defined.

 (a) As used in this section, “cemetery” means any place performing interments on or after October 1, 1995.(b) Each town, ecclesiastical society or cemetery association which owns, manages or controls a cemetery shall disclose to each consumer, in writing at the time of the sale of any item or service, any dispute resolution procedure of such town, ecclesiastical society or cemetery association. The written disclosure shall also indicate that the consumer may contact the Department of Public Health or local public health director if the consumer has any complaints which concern violations of sections 7-64 to 7-71, inclusive, 19a-310 and 19a-311.(P.A. 95-184, S. 1, 2; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-195, S. 140, 181; P.A. 09-232, S. 24.)History: P.A. 95-257 authorized substitution of Commissioner and Department of Public Health for Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b), effective July 11, 2001; P.A. 09-232 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference to Sec. 7-72 with reference to Sec. 7-71.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-315 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368j - Cemeteries|Section 19a-315 - “Ancient burial place”, “burial ground authority” and “grave marker” defined.

 For purposes of sections 19a-315 to 19a-315c, inclusive:(1) “Ancient burial place” means any tract of land within any municipality which has been used or has been in existence as a burial ground for more than one hundred years;(2) “Burial ground authority” means the town, ecclesiastical society or cemetery association, as the case may be; and(3) “Grave marker” means any of the following when used to mark graves in an ancient burial place, cemetery or burial ground: Tombs, monuments, gravestones, or fragments thereof and fences or curbing which enclose individual or family burial plots.(P.A. 84-280, S. 1; P.A. 85-319, S. 1.)History: P.A. 85-319 included the definition of “grave marker” and applied the definitions to Sec. 19a-315c.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-315a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368j - Cemeteries|Section 19a-315a - Use of ancient burial place.

 No municipality shall alienate or appropriate any ancient burial place to any use other than that of a burial ground. No portion of any ancient burial place shall be taken for public use without the approval of the General Assembly. If any ancient burial place is appropriated for any other use and the bodies buried therein or the grave markers marking the same are removed, the burial ground authority shall preserve a record of such removal indicating the date of such removal and the site or place to which such removal was made.(P.A. 84-280, S. 2; P.A. 85-319, S. 2.)History: P.A. 85-319 inserted “grave marker” in place of “monuments, gravestones or other memorials”.See Sec. 53a-218 re penalty for interference with cemetery or burial ground.See Sec. 53a-219 re penalty for unlawful possession or sale of gravestones.