Louisiana Revised Statutes 25:939 – Discovery of historic cemetery or isolated grave
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 25:939
- Department: shall mean the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 25:933
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Division: shall mean the office of cultural development, division of archaeology, within the department. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 25:933
- Historic cemetery: shall mean any abandoned cemetery located in the state that is more than fifty years old and is not subject to the laws, rules, and regulations of the board or Chapter 10-A of Title 8 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 25:933
- Isolated grave: shall mean any marked grave site that is not part of a larger cemetery and is not subject to the laws, rules, and regulations of the board or Chapter 10-A of Title 8 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 25:933
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
A. Any person who has reason to believe he has discovered a historic cemetery or an isolated grave shall notify the department through the division within seventy-two hours of the discovery.
B. Any activity that may disturb the historic cemetery or isolated grave shall immediately cease upon discovery. No activity which shall disturb the historic cemetery or isolated grave shall resume until the department has issued a permit governing the disposition of the historic cemetery or isolated grave. In no event shall the department take longer than thirty days to decide on issuance of a permit without the written agreement of all parties.
Acts 2010, No. 707, §1, eff. June 29, 2010.