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The association has the powers and rights given by law to similar nonprofit cemetery associations, but must follow special perpetual-care rules in this section and sections 12-606 to 12-618, and is generally not subject to sections 12-501 to 12-512.08 except as modified by sections 12-601 to 12-605.
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The association may issue bonds and other debt, but only within a stated 90% value limit, may pledge unsold crypts, rights, or lots and future receipts, may receive property as trustees for later selection under bylaws, and may contract with members or others for burial-related services and expenses.
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Cemetery-related property sold by associations must be used only for burial purposes and is exempt from taxation and certain legal processes when held only for burial and not for profit.
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Most people and business entities may not build a public vault, crypt, columbarium, or mausoleum above ground unless it is inside an established cemetery.
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A person or business may not sell, transfer, or assign a niche or crypt in a columbarium or mausoleum unless a trust fund is established for perpetual care and maintenance.
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Sellers of crypts or niches in a mausoleum or columbarium must set aside specified money amounts for maintenance.
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The cemetery association’s officers must appoint trustees for the perpetual care trust fund, and individual trustees must post a surety bond if they are chosen.
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The trustee or trustees may receive gifts and property for the perpetual care fund, must keep the fund principal separate and invest it as required, and must use the income only for care and upkeep of the mausoleum or columbarium.
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Violating sections 12-603 and 12-606 to 12-618 is a Class IV misdemeanor.
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Each day a person, firm, corporation, or association violates the listed sections is treated as a separate offense.
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This section lets a county, city, or village revest rights in certain cemetery lots after notice and other conditions are met.
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A reversionary county, city, or village may sell certain lots and convey title. Sale proceeds must be used only for cemetery care and maintenance, and the funds may be invested if the investor acts as a fiduciary and follows the prudent investor rule.
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Cemetery trustees may improve overgrown or unsightly burial lots and may remove or repair damaged cemetery items after 30 days’ notice, except certain veterans’ metal markers.
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The notice must describe the burial lot and property, warn that the trustees may repair or remove it after 30 days, and be served on the owner of record or, in some cases, by publication.
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This provision defines “trustees of any cemetery” and “lot” for sections 12-801 to 12-804.
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Sections 12-801 to 12-804 are cumulative and supplemental to other Nebraska laws on cemeteries and the powers of their trustees or governing bodies.
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The county board must spend county general fund money to care for and maintain each abandoned or neglected cemetery, up to $1,000 per cemetery per year.
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The county board may put an item in next year’s budget for care of abandoned or neglected cemeteries.
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The county board must fund preservation and maintenance of an abandoned or neglected pioneer cemetery if 35 adult county residents petition for it, and it must publish notice of the petition before the hearing.
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This section defines when a cemetery counts as an abandoned or neglected pioneer cemetery.