Utah Code 10-8-62. Cemeteries — Purchase and operation
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The city legislative body may:
(1) purchase, hold, and pay for lands within or without the corporate limits for the burial of the dead, and all necessary grounds for hospitals;
Terms Used In Utah Code 10-8-62
- City: means a municipality that is classified by population as a city of the first class, a city of the second class, a city of the third class, a city of the fourth class, or a city of the fifth class, under Section
10-2-301 . See Utah Code 10-1-104 - Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) have and exercise police jurisdiction over those lands, and over any cemetery used by the inhabitants of the city;
(3) survey, plat, map, fence, ornament, and otherwise improve, manage, and operate public burial and cemetery grounds;
(4) convey cemetery lots owned by the city, and pass ordinances for the protection and governing of these grounds consistent with Title 8, Chapter 5, Rights and Title to Cemetery Lots;
(5) contract for the care and improvement of cemeteries and cemetery lots, and for any compensation for the care and improvement;
(6) receive deposits for the care of lots and invest the deposits by following the procedures and requirements of Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act; and
(7) pay the cost of the care from any proceeds from the investment.