Sec. 10. (a) This section applies to a corporation that:
(1) is organized under Indiana law for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a cemetery; or
(2) is organized for another purpose but has established and maintains a cemetery.
(b) If:
(1) a corporation described in subsection (a) has not provided a general perpetual care fund after having sold all of the lots in a cemetery; and
(2) at least twenty-five (25) owners of lots in the cemetery or next of kin of owners of lots in the cemetery:
(A) form an association for the purpose of taking over the management, care, and general supervision of the cemetery; and
(B) sign and submit to the corporation a petition seeking authority for the management, care, and general supervision of the cemetery;
the corporation shall turn over to the association the complete authority for the management, care, and supervision of the cemetery.
(c) An association to which subsection (b) applies shall assume all responsibility and liability for the proper care and management of the cemetery, subject to the following:
(1) If a cemetery has been under the control of a certain religious denomination, sect, or creed that has observed certain religious customs or rules with reference to the burying of the dead in the cemetery, the association shall observe those religious customs or rules.
(2) The transfer of authority under this section does not affect the reversion of the title to the lands occupied by the cemetery if the land ever ceases to be used as a cemetery or burial place for the dead.
As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.22.
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