Sec. 30. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if the municipal works board finds it necessary to extend any sewage works through or adjacent to a lot or parcel of land held or used for cemetery purposes, the municipality may purchase or condemn all rights-of-way necessary for the extension.

     (b) A lot or parcel of land held or used for cemetery purposes may not be assessed for the construction of the sewage works. The cost of the sewage works that would otherwise be assessable against the lot or parcel of land shall be assessed against and paid by the municipality.

     (c) If the municipality acquires a right-of-way under this section by condemnation, an owner of property or valuable interests sought to be taken or to be injuriously affected who is unknown may be designated as unknown upon the list required by the statute governing municipal condemnation proceedings and in all subsequent steps in the proceedings, including notice by publication.

     (d) If a body remains buried within the limits of a right-of-way acquired under this section, the friends or relatives of the decedent shall promptly remove the body. If the friends or relatives fail to remove the body, the works board shall have the body removed and decently buried in a public cemetery before proceeding with construction in the right-of-way. The works board shall do the following:

(1) Plainly mark in an appropriate manner the place of burial and the names of the persons buried, if known.

(2) Enter the place of burial in the records of the works board.

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.10.