Sec. 26. (a) In seeking funds for the improvement and development of a cemetery, a cemetery board may pay all preliminary expenses that the cemetery board incurs in preparing and presenting an application to a federal agency or other agency having authority to grant aid to self-liquidating projects. The expenses may be paid out of funds at the disposal of the cemetery board.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 23-14-65-26

  • cemetery board: means :

    Indiana Code 23-14-65-1

  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • municipality: means a city or town. See Indiana Code 23-14-65-4
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
     (b) Upon the adoption of its resolution of determination under section 25 of this chapter, the cemetery board shall follow the procedure established by statute for the establishment of a sewage disposal plant by the municipality.

     (c) In the improvement and development of a cemetery, a cemetery board has the same powers as the board of public works or board of public works and safety of a city, including the power to do the following:

(1) Create the necessary sinking fund.

(2) Pledge the receipts of the cemetery board.

(3) Fix the rates and charges of the cemetery board at a level sufficient to pay the obligations and mortgage of the cemetery board.

(4) Otherwise obligate the property under the control of the cemetery board to secure the payment of the obligations of the cemetery board as they mature, including interest.

As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.39.

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