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AR Code § 20-17-1028 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1028. Contracts with municipality or county where a cemetery is located

 (a)  (1) The State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services may contract with the municipality or county where a cemetery is located for the care and maintenance and the operation of the cemetery.  (2) Services relating to the care and maintenance and the operation of the cemetery include without limitation:  (A) The sale and conveyance of lots;  (B) The opening and closing of graves;  (C) The preparation of financial reports and legal documents;  (D) The maintenance of driveways;  (E) The removal of trash and debris;  (F) The cutting of grass;  (G) The planting and care of trees, shrubs, and flowers; and  (H) The necessary improvements to streets, avenues, walks, or other public grounds of the cemetery.    (3) The municipal or county government may subcontract with qualified persons to provide services under this section.    (b)  (1) If the board contracts with a municipality or county under this section, the municipality or county, in addition to complying with any applicable statute, shall file with the board in March of each year a financial report showing all moneys received and expended during the preceding year, including without limitation:  (A) The date of receipt of all moneys;  (B) The source from which the moneys were received;  (C) All moneys paid out;  (D) The date the moneys were paid out;  (E) The person to whom the moneys were paid out; and  (F) The purpose of the payment.    (2) At the end of each calendar year, the municipality or county shall review the fiscal position of the cemetery and direct any excess moneys to the permanent maintenance fund.    (c) For the purposes of this section, a municipality or county may accept funds from public and private entities and direct the funds to:  (1) General maintenance and improvement; or  (2) The permanent maintenance fund.    (d) The state, a city, or a county shall be immune from liability in contract or in tort for actions taken to implement this section.
AR Code § 20-17-1029 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1029. Cemetery advisory boards — Membership — Organization — Authority

 (a) The Governor may create a cemetery advisory board for any cemetery purchased under § 20-17-1006 [repealed] to assist the state and the municipality or county where the cemetery is located in achieving the efficient management, operation, maintenance, and preservation of the cemetery.  (b)  (1) A cemetery advisory board shall be composed of seven (7) members appointed by the Governor as follows:  (A) Three (3) members shall be owners of lots in the cemetery or have demonstrated an interest in the preservation of the cemetery;  (B) Three (3) members shall be owners or operators of a licensed cemetery or funeral home in this state; and  (C) One (1) member shall be a person actively engaged, by profession or as a volunteer, in activities promoting the historic preservation of cemeteries in the local community.    (2)  (A) The terms of the members shall be for three (3) years.  (B) Members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.  (C) The initial members shall draw lots so that three (3) members serve a term of one (1) year, two (2) members serve a term of two (2) years, and two (2) members serve a term of three (3) years.  (D)  (i) Vacancies for any unexpired term of a member shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment of the vacating member.  (ii) An appointee to fill a vacancy shall serve for the unexpired term and is eligible for reappointment.      (3) Members shall biennially elect a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary from the membership, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by the officers or specifically designated by the cemetery advisory board.  (4) No member shall be liable for any damages unless it is made to appear that he or she has acted with corrupt and malicious intent.  (5) Members shall serve without compensation.  (6) A cemetery advisory board shall meet as often as it deems necessary for the purpose of carrying out its duties under this section.    (c) A cemetery advisory board may:  (1) Establish itself as a section 501(c)(3) corporation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it existed on January 1, 2007;  (2) Raise private funds for the benefit of the cemetery general fund and the permanent maintenance fund;  (3) Recruit volunteers; and  (4)  (A) Advise the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services and the municipality or county where the cemetery is located concerning long-term goals and plans for efficient cemetery operation and beautification.  (B) No policy of a cemetery advisory board relating to long-term goals and plans for efficient cemetery operation and beautification shall be adopted unless the municipality or county where the cemetery is located approves the policy.
AR Code § 20-17-1030 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries|§ 20-17-1030. Infant interment gardens

 (a) A cemetery company may maintain an infant interment garden if:  (1) The cemetery company provides the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services a letter of intent to establish an infant interment garden and a map of the location for the infant interment garden;  (2) The infant interment garden is made available to the public and to existing families and property owners of the permitted cemetery on a nondiscriminatory basis;  (3) No charge is made to the family, next of kin, or any agency for the space, interment, and opening and closing services;  (4) The infant interment garden complies with the rules and regulations of the cemetery on file with the board; and  (5) The conveyance and recordkeeping requirements of §§ 20-17-1019 and 20-17-1022 are satisfied for each interment in the infant interment garden.    (b) An infant interment garden that complies with this section is not subject to the deposit requirements of § 20-17-1016.
AR Code § 20-17-1101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 11 - Cemetery Improvement Districts|§ 20-17-1101. Purpose of district

 The purpose of the district shall be the building and maintaining of a cemetery or cemeteries for the use and benefit of the property holders within the district, and it is realized that the cemetery would be a benefit to all the real property located in the district.
AR Code § 20-17-1102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 11 - Cemetery Improvement Districts|§ 20-17-1102. Petition generally

 (a) Upon the petition of a majority in value of the owners of real property in any designated area, it shall be the duty of the county court to lay off into an improvement district the territory described in the petition and to name three (3) commissioners of the district who are resident property holders in the district.  (b)  (1) The petition for and the court order creating the district shall designate the maximum amount that may be expended for labor, materials, and personal services in any year in maintaining the grounds and facilities of the cemetery.  (2) The purpose for which the district is to be formed shall be stated in the petition, and the judgment establishing the district shall give it a name which shall be descriptive of the purpose. It shall also receive a number to prevent its being confused with other districts for similar purposes.
AR Code § 20-17-1103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 11 - Cemetery Improvement Districts|§ 20-17-1103. Petition — Notice and hearing

 (a)  (1) It shall be the duty of the county clerk to give notice of the filing of the petition, describing the territory to be affected and calling upon all persons who wish to be heard upon the question of the establishment of the district to appear before the county court on a day to be fixed in the notice.  (2) The notice shall be published one (1) time a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in some newspaper published and having a bona fide circulation in the county where the lands affected are situated.  (3) This notice may be in the following form:    (b) Any number of identical petitions may be circulated and identical petitions with identical names may be filed at any time until the county court acts.  (c)  (1) On the day named in the notice it shall be the duty of the county court to meet to hear the petition and to determine whether those signing the petition constitute a majority in value.  (2) If the county court determines that a majority in value have petitioned for the improvement, it shall enter its judgment laying off the district as defined in the petition and appointing the commissioners.  (3) If it finds that a majority has not signed the petition, it shall enter its order denying the petition.    (d) Any petitioner or any opponents of the petition may appeal from the judgment of the county court creating or refusing to create the district, but the appeal must be taken and perfected within thirty (30) days. If no appeal is taken within that time, the judgment creating the district shall be final and conclusive upon all persons.    “Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed praying for the formation of an improvement district for the purpose of . Said petition is on file at the office of the County Clerk of County, where it is open to inspection. All persons desiring to be heard on the question of formation of said district will be heard by the County Court at M., on the day of , 20 . The following lands are affected: (Here give description of lands affected; the same may be described by using the largest subdivisions possible.) County Clerk”   Click to view form.
AR Code § 20-17-1104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 11 - Cemetery Improvement Districts|§ 20-17-1104. Board of commissioners — Appointment

 (a) The board of commissioners of a cemetery district shall be resident property holders in the district and shall be citizens of integrity and good business ability.  (b)  (1) The commissioners shall be appointed to serve for terms of one (1) year, two (2) years, and three (3) years, respectively. The length of the term of each commissioner shall be stated in the order of the county court making the appointment.  (2) As the terms of the commissioners expire, the county court shall appoint successors to hold office for a term of three (3) years.    (c)  (1) The county court may reappoint a commissioner whose term is expiring.  (2) In case of a vacancy on the board of commissioners after the commissioners have organized, the county court shall appoint some resident property holder as his or her successor, who shall qualify in like manner and within a like time.    (d) The commissioners shall serve without compensation.
AR Code § 20-17-1105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 11 - Cemetery Improvement Districts|§ 20-17-1105. Board of commissioners — Powers and duties

 (a) The commissioners may take charge of, purchase, and provide a site or grounds and additions thereto, to provide and maintain streets, aisles, outside fences, drainage, and other necessary facilities, and to employ a caretaker or caretakers for the cutting of grass and the planting and care of trees, shrubs, and flowers.  (b) The commissioners shall establish lots, plots, or burial spaces within the space provided for a cemetery and issue permits for the interment of deceased persons therein.
AR Code § 20-17-1106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 11 - Cemetery Improvement Districts|§ 20-17-1106. Board of commissioners — Proceedings — Officers — Employees — Selection of depository

 (a)  (1) Within thirty (30) days after their appointment, the commissioners shall take and file their oaths of office with the county clerk, in which they shall swear to support the United States Constitution and the Arkansas Constitution, to faithfully discharge their duties as commissioners, and that they will not be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract let by the board of commissioners.  (2) Any commissioner failing to file the oath within the period shall be deemed to have declined the office, and the county court shall appoint some resident property holder as his or her successor who shall qualify in like manner within a like time.    (b) The board shall organize by electing one (1) of its members chair, and it shall select a secretary.  (c) The board may also employ such agents, servants, attorneys, and engineers as it deems best and fix their compensation.  (d) Each district shall be a body corporate with power to sue and be sued, and the board shall have a corporate seal.  (e) The board shall also select some solvent bank or trust company as the depository of its funds, exacting of the depository a bond in an amount equal to the amount of money likely to come into its hands.
AR Code § 20-17-1107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 11 - Cemetery Improvement Districts|§ 20-17-1107. Board of commissioners — Liability

 No member of the board of commissioners shall be liable for any damages unless it shall be made to appear that he or she had acted with a corrupt and malicious intent.
AR Code § 20-17-1108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 11 - Cemetery Improvement Districts|§ 20-17-1108. Formation of plans — Assessors and assessments generally

 (a) Upon the qualification of the commissioners, they shall form plans for the improvements they intend to make and the property and equipment they intend to purchase.  (b)  (1) The commissioners shall thereupon appoint three (3) assessors to assess the annual benefits which will accrue to the real property within the district from making the improvements upon and the operation of the cemetery and shall fix their compensation.  (2) The assessors shall take an oath that they will well and truly assess all annual benefits that will accrue to the landowners of the district by the making of the proposed improvement, and by the acquisition and operation of the cemetery.    (c) The assessors shall thereupon proceed to assess the annual benefits to the lands within the district, shall inscribe in a book each tract of land, and shall extend opposite each tract of land, the amount of annual benefits that will accrue each year to the land by reason of the improvement.  (d)  (1) In case of any reassessment, the reassessment shall be advertised and equalized in the same manner as is provided in this section for making the original assessment.  (2) The owners of all property whose assessment has been raised shall have the right to be heard and to appeal from the decision of the assessors, as in the original assessment.    (e) The assessors shall place opposite each tract the name of the supposed owner, as shown by the last county assessment, but a mistake in the name shall not void the assessment, and the assessors shall correct errors which occur in the county assessment list.  (f) The commissioners shall have the authority to fill any vacancy in the position of assessor, and the assessors shall hold their offices at the pleasure of the board of commissioners.
AR Code § 20-17-1109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 11 - Cemetery Improvement Districts|§ 20-17-1109. Assessment — Notice and hearings

 (a) The assessment shall be filed with the county clerk of the county, and the secretary of the board of commissioners shall thereupon give notice of its filing by publication one (1) time a week for two (2) weeks in a newspaper published and having a bona fide circulation in the county. This notice may be in the following form:  (b)  (1)  (A) On the day named by the notice, it shall be the duty of the assessors to meet at the place named as a board of assessors, to hear all complaints against the assessment, and to equalize and adjust the assessment.  (B) If the board is unable to hear all complaints between the hours designated, it shall adjourn over from day to day until all parties have been heard.    (2) The board's determination shall be final, unless suit is brought in the circuit court within thirty (30) days to review it.      “Notice is hereby given that the assessment of annual benefits of District Number has been filed in the office of the County Clerk of County, where it is open for inspection. All persons wishing to be heard on said assessment will be heard by the assessors of said district in the office of the County Clerk between the hours of 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., at , on the day of , 20 ”   Click to view form.
AR Code § 20-17-1110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 11 - Cemetery Improvement Districts|§ 20-17-1110. Assessment — Annual reassessment

 (a) The commissioners shall one (1) time a year order the assessors to reassess the annual benefits of the district, provided there have been improvements made or improvements destroyed or removed from one (1) or more tracts of land in the district making it necessary to have the annual benefits revised.  (b) Whereupon, it shall be the duty of the assessors to reassess the benefits of the district, and the annual benefits assessed may be raised or lowered as conditions of the property change. However, the annual benefits extended against any piece of property shall not be increased from the annual benefits originally extended unless improvements are made to the land that will be benefited by the operation of the cemetery.
AR Code § 20-17-1111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 11 - Cemetery Improvement Districts|§ 20-17-1111. Assessment — Order — Lien

 (a) The board of commissioners of the district shall at the time that the annual benefit assessment is equalized or at any time thereafter enter upon its records an order, which shall have all the force of a judgment, provided that there shall be assessed upon the real property of the district and collected annually the annual benefit assessment set opposite each tract of land described. The annual benefit is to be paid by the owner of the real property in the district, payable as provided in the order.  (b)  (1) The uncollected annual benefit assessment as extended shall be a lien upon the real property in the district against which it is extended from the time the same is levied, shall be entitled to preference over all demands, executions, encumbrances, or liens whensoever created, and shall continue until the assessment with any penalty and costs that may accrue thereon shall have been paid.  (2) Notice of the amount due shall be given to each landowner, if he or she fails to pay his or her assessment on or before the third Monday in April by mail at his or her last known address.  (3)  (A) The remedy against the annual benefit assessment shall be by suit in equity, and the suit shall be brought within thirty (30) days from the time that the notice is mailed.  (B) On the appeal, the presumption shall be in favor of the legality of the annual benefit assessment.
AR Code § 20-17-1112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 11 - Cemetery Improvement Districts|§ 20-17-1112. Assessment — Filing and collection

 (a) The original assessment record or any reassessment record shall be filed with the county clerk, whose duty it shall be to extend the annual benefit assessment annually upon the tax books of the county until the district is dissolved.  (b) It shall then be the duty of the collector to collect each year the annual benefit assessment extended upon the book along with the other taxes, and the taxes shall be paid over by the collector to the depository of the district at the same time that he or she pays over the county funds.  (c)  (1)  (A)  (i) If there is any change in the annual benefits assessed, a certified copy of the revised assessment shall be filed with the county clerk who shall extend the revised assessment annually upon the tax books until a new assessment is made, which shall be extended upon the tax books in a similar manner.  (ii) The power to reassess and extend the assessment upon the tax books shall be a continuing power as long as the district continues to exist.    (B) It shall be the duty of the county collector to collect the taxes so extended.    (2) In lieu of filing the reassessment, the assessors may make the changes in the assessments in red ink on the assessment already on file, or the assessment record may contain many columns, at the head of which the year shall be designated, and in the column the new annual benefits may be shown in red ink, which will indicate any increase or decrease in the original annual benefits extended. When the change is made, a red ink line shall be drawn through the figures showing the original annual benefits extended.
AR Code § 20-17-1113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead|Subchapter 11 - Cemetery Improvement Districts|§ 20-17-1113. Assessment — Time for payment — Failure to pay — Redemption

 (a)  (1) All annual benefits extended and levied under this subchapter shall be payable between the third Monday in February and the third Monday in April of each year.  (2) If any annual benefit assessments levied by the board of commissioners under this subchapter are not paid at maturity, the collector shall not embrace the assessments in the taxes for which he or she shall sell the lands, but he or she shall report the delinquencies to the board of commissioners of the district who shall add to the amount of the annual benefit assessment a penalty of ten percent (10%).    (b) The board of commissioners shall enforce the collection by equitable proceedings in the circuit court of the county in the manner provided by §§ 14-121-426 — 14-121-432.  (c) However, the owner of property sold for taxes thereunder shall have the right to redeem it at any time within two (2) years from the time when his or her lands have been stricken off by the commissioner making the sale.