La. Rev. Stat. § 8:114
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Publicly owned cemeteries; mandatory trust accounts
Official statutory text
A. Funds received by a municipality for a publicly owned cemetery shall be deposited immediately into a trust account and shall be used by a municipality only for the purposes of constructing, operating, or maintaining a publicly owned cemetery within that municipality.
B. If a municipality desires to use such funds for a purpose other than the purposes provided for in Subsection A of this Section, the municipality shall submit the measure to the electorate of the municipality in a special election called for that purpose.
Acts 1997, No. 196, §1.
B. If a municipality desires to use such funds for a purpose other than the purposes provided for in Subsection A of this Section, the municipality shall submit the measure to the electorate of the municipality in a special election called for that purpose.
Acts 1997, No. 196, §1.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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