(1) Upon the request of the public body or private entity owning or controlling a Civil War cemetery, the Department of Parks may, as to a cemetery other than those mentioned in subsection (2) of this section, maintain a cemetery in an appropriate manner and may take title in the name of the Commonwealth to such cemetery by a deed of conveyance, subject to the appropriate sections of KRS Chapters 45 and 56. As used herein, the term, “Civil War cemetery” means a cemetery, or separate part of a cemetery, in which twenty-five (25) or more soldiers who fought in the war between the states are interred.
(2) The Department of Parks shall maintain or take title to any of the following cemeteries upon formal request of the owning or controlling entity:
Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery, Oldham County. Goodnight Farm Confederate Cemetery, Boyle County. Zollicoffer Park Confederate Cemetery, Pulaski County. Camp Beauregard Cemetery, Graves County.
(3) Expenditures by the Department of Parks for the purposes of this section shall not exceed twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) annually.
History: Created 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 18, secs. 1, 2, and 3.