Sec. 11. (a) A city or town may, by ordinance, transfer the control and management of a cemetery to which this chapter applies to a board composed of four (4) residents of the municipality. Not more than two (2) of the residents appointed may be members of the same political party.
(b) Each board member appointed to the board established under subsection (a) must:
(1) own a lot in the cemetery or cemeteries to which this chapter applies; or
(2) be a freeholder of the municipality.
(c) The executive of the municipality shall appoint the members of the board established under subsection (a) to initial terms as follows:
(1) one (1) member for a term of one (1) year;
(2) one (1) member for a term of two (2) years;
(3) one (1) member for a term of three (3) years; and
(4) one (1) member for a term of four (4) years.
(d) Each member appointed under this section serves until the member's successor is appointed and qualified. After the initial term referred to in subsection (c), the member, if reappointed, or the member's successor serves for a term of four (4) years.
As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.39.
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