Bill Text: VA HB961 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Cemeteries; registration, publication prior to sale.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369) [HB961 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2022-HB961-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 961 Offered January 12, 2022 Prefiled January 12, 2022 A BILL to amend and reenact §15.2-978 of the Code of Virginia, relating to cemeteries; registration; publication prior to sale. ---------- Patron-- Roem ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §15.2-978 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§15.2-978. Registration by locality of cemeteries, graveyards, or other places of burial on private property.

Any Every locality may shall adopt an ordinance setting forth a register of identified cemeteries, graveyards, or other places of burial located on private property not belonging to any memorial or monumental association. The official local register may shall include an official map. The register and official map shall be available on the locality's website, if one exists.

The governing body shall publish a notice in a newspaper having general circulation in the locality at least two weeks prior to the sale of any property on such registry, or as soon thereafter as possible, and shall also publish the notice on the locality's website, if one exists.