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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 276

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives West, Haugen, Lewis, Armstrong, Doty, Patrick, Smitherman and Wang

Read first time 1/28/85 and referred to Committee on Local Government.

AN ACT Relating to cemeteries; and amending RCW 68.12.040.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 156, Laws of 1909 as amended by section 1, chapter 378, Laws of 1955 and RCW 68.12.040 are each amended to read as follows:

          Any county, city, or town may acquire, hold, or improve land for cemetery purposes, and may sell lots therein, and may provide by ordinance that a specified percentage of the proceeds therefrom be set aside and invested, and the income from the investment be used in the care of the lots, and may take and hold any property devised, bequeathed or given upon trust, and apply the income thereof for the improvement or embellishment of the cemeteries or the erection or preservation of structures, fences, or walks therein, or for the repair, preservation, erection, or renewal of any tomb, monument, gravestone, fence, railing, or other erection at or around a cemetery, lot, or plat, or for planting and cultivating trees, shrubs, flowers, or plants in or around the lot or plot, or for improving or embellishing the cemetery in any other manner or form consistent with the design and purpose of the city, according to the terms of the grant, devise, or bequest.

A cemetery owned and operated by a city, county, or city and county shall not engage in the business of selling monuments or markers, and its officers and employees who manage, operate, or otherwise maintain such cemetery on a day-to-day basis shall not engage in the private business of selling monuments or markers.