COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. No.: 2190-01
Bill No.: SB 618
Subject: Cities: Cemeteries
Type: Original
Date: March 21, 2001
FISCAL SUMMARY
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2002 | FY 2003 | FY 2004 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All State Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2002 | FY 2003 | FY 2004 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All Federal Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2002 | FY 2003 | FY 2004 |
| Local Government | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses.
This fiscal note contains 3 pages.
ASSUMPTION
Officials of the Department of Natural Resources stated there would be no fiscal impact to their department.
Officials of the City of St. Louis stated there would be no fiscal impact to the City of St. Louis.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 2002
(10 Mo.) |
FY 2003 | FY 2004 |
| $0 | $0 | $0 |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government | FY 2002
(10 Mo.) |
FY 2003 | FY 2004 |
| $0 | $0 | $0 |
FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business
No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal.
DESCRIPTION
The act provides for abandoned burial sites to revert to the private or public cemetery. A burial site is deemed abandoned if after seventy-five years from the last activity of record, a reasonable search for the owner fails to locate the owner.
A reasonable search entails sending notice to the last known address of the record property owner and publishing a description of the burial site in a newspaper circulated in the county of the last known address of the record property owner for three weeks. After a year from publishing the notice and no owner has claimed the burial site, the burial site is deemed abandoned.
DESCRIPTION (continued)
If persons with a legitimate claim to the burial site present themselves after the abandoned burial site has been used for a different purpose or resold, the cemetery must provide an equal burial site.
This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not require additional capital improvements or rental space.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Department of Natural Resources
City of St. Louis
NOT RESPONDING
The Cities of : Chesterfield, Kirkwood, University City, Springfield, Mexico, Fulton, and the Kansas City Manager's Office
Jeanne Jarrett, CPA
Director
March 21, 2001