§ 68.52.010 Morgues authorized in counties
§ 68.52.020 Coroner to control morgue — Expense
§ 68.52.030 Counties and cities may provide for burial, acquire cemeteries, etc
§ 68.52.040 Cities and towns may own, improve, etc., cemeteries
§ 68.52.045 Cities and towns may provide for a cemetery board
§ 68.52.050 Cemetery improvement fund
§ 68.52.060 Care and investment of fund
§ 68.52.065 Approval of investments
§ 68.52.070 Cemetery improvement fund — Management
§ 68.52.080 Books of account — Audit
§ 68.52.090 Establishment authorized
§ 68.52.100 Petition — Requisites — Examination
§ 68.52.110 Hearing — Place and date
§ 68.52.120 Publication and posting of petition and notice of hearing
§ 68.52.130 Hearing — Inclusion and exclusion of lands
§ 68.52.140 Formation of district and election of first commissioners
§ 68.52.150 Election, how conducted — Notice
§ 68.52.155 Conformity with election laws — Exception — Vacancies
§ 68.52.160 Election ballot
§ 68.52.170 Canvass of returns — Votes required for district formation
§ 68.52.180 Review — When district formation is complete
§ 68.52.185 Ballot proposition authorized for district formation
§ 68.52.190 General powers of district
§ 68.52.192 Public cemetery facilities or services — Cooperation with public or private agencies — Joint purchasing
§ 68.52.193 Public cemetery facilities or services — “Public agency” defined
§ 68.52.195 Community revitalization financing — Public improvements
§ 68.52.200 Right of eminent domain
§ 68.52.210 Power to do cemetery business — District boundaries may include cities and towns — Eminent domain exception
§ 68.52.220 District commissioners — Compensation — Election
§ 68.52.250 Special elections
§ 68.52.260 Oath of commissioners
§ 68.52.270 Organization of board — Secretary — Office — Meetings — Powers
§ 68.52.280 Duty of county treasurer — Cemetery district fund
§ 68.52.290 Tax levy authorized for fund
§ 68.52.300 Disbursement of fund
§ 68.52.310 Limitation of indebtedness — Limitation of tax levy
§ 68.52.320 Dissolution of districts
§ 68.52.330 Disincorporation of district located in county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more and inactive for five years
§ 68.52.901 Effective date — 1987 c 331

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