(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon a majority vote of the legislative body of the local government, the local government may draw upon its general fund and may solicit, receive, and utilize funds from all other sources, public or nonpublic, for the purpose of rehabilitating or maintaining dilapidated or abandoned cemeteries, or portions of cemeteries, subject to the limitations imposed by subsection (b). The maintenance may include:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 46-2-107

  • General fund: means the sum total of specific funds placed in a single fund. See Tennessee Code 46-1-102
  • Improvement care: means the continual maintenance of the cemetery grounds and graves in keeping with a properly maintained cemetery, including cutting of grass, raking and cleaning of cemetery plots at reasonable intervals, and pruning of shrubs and trees. See Tennessee Code 46-1-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Clearing vegetation or debris as appropriate, planting and otherwise improving the premises, cutting the grass and raking and cleaning cemetery plots at reasonable intervals;
(2) Repairing and preserving the drains, water lines, roads, fences, statues, fountains and other structures;
(3) Securing, maintaining or reconstructing the necessary records of lot ownership and burials;
(4) Resetting or straightening tipped gravemarkers, monuments or memorials; or
(5) Replacing damaged gravemarkers, monuments or memorials.
(b) This section shall not be construed to authorize any local government to utilize funds to maintain cemeteries or portions of cemeteries that are presently maintained adequately or that maintain a sufficient improvement care trust fund pursuant to this chapter and chapter 1 of this title.
(c) As used in this section, “local government” means any county, municipality, city, or other political subdivision of this state.
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