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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="21-102" title_number="21" title_name="Property and Land Use Matters" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Acquisition and Disposition of Property">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, land used for cemetery purposes may not be condemned unless the Commission adopts a resolution declaring that it is necessary for the public health and safety to acquire the cemetery land, or an easement in the land, immediately by condemnation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A resolution under this subsection may only be adopted on the affirmative vote of a majority of the commissioners from the county where the cemetery land is located.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission may condemn public or private land used for cemetery purposes, or an easement in the land, without adopting a resolution in accordance with subsection (a) of this section if the land or easement is for the purpose of installing sewer lines or water lines.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Sewer lines or water lines installed on property condemned under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be constructed underground and enclosed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The land or easement to be acquired may not disturb:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>any existing grave, grave marker, or monument; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any grave site:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the title to which has been transferred as a result of a bona fide sale or exchange; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>in which burial rights have vested or been transferred as a result of a bona fide sale or exchange.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
