Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 17-1368

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Municipality: means the cemetery district in which all or any portion of an abandoned cemetery is located. See Kansas Statutes 17-1366

Any municipality required, pursuant to this act, to care for and maintain a cemetery may contract with any individual, firm, corporation or association for the care and maintenance thereof or for the sale of unsold burial lots and the opening and closing of graves. Except as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 17-1371, and amendments thereto, no such contract or any other agreement entered into by such municipality shall be deemed to relieve such municipality of the duties and responsibilities imposed under the provisions of this act.