§306. Removal of dedication; procedure
A. Legislative intent. The following is the intent of the legislature:
(1) That the protection of unmarked human burial sites has been entrusted to the Louisiana Division of Archaeology and the attorney general.
(2) Notice of a judicial proceeding shall be given to the Louisiana Division of Archaeology and the attorney general in an action to cause the cemetery's dedication protection to be removed.
B. Property dedicated to cemetery purposes shall be held and used exclusively for cemetery purposes unless and until the dedication is removed from all or any part of it by judgment of the district court of the parish in which the property is situated in a proceeding brought by the cemetery authority for that purpose and upon notice of hearing to the board, and by publication as hereinafter provided, and proof satisfactory to the court: (1) That no interments were made in or that all interments have been removed from that portion of the property from which dedication is sought to be removed; and (2) That the portion of the property from which dedication is sought to be removed is not being used for interment of human remains.
C. When a petition is filed in court pursuant to Subsection B of this Section, a copy of the petition shall be served upon the Louisiana Division of Archaeology and the attorney general.
D.(1) The board or Louisiana Division of Archaeology shall have the right to intervene in any action filed pursuant to Subsection B of this Section.
(2) The attorney general may represent the board or the Louisiana Division of Archaeology in any action filed pursuant to Subsection B of this Section.
Acts 1974, No. 417, §1; Acts 2010, No. 79, §1.
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