Chapter 226 — City
Parks, Memorials and Cemeteries
2011 EDITION
CITY PARKS, MEMORIALS AND CEMETERIES
CITIES
GENERAL PROVISIONS
226.010 Control
of municipal corporation over property outside its boundaries
PARK COMMISSION IN CITIES OF 3,000 OR
MORE
226.110 Definitions
for ORS 226.120 to 226.240
226.120 Composition
and selection of board of park commissioners
226.131 Vote
required for creation of park commission; conduct of election
226.140 Organization
of board; compensation
226.150 Duties
of secretary
226.160 Duties
of treasurer
226.170 Publication
of penalties
226.180 Meetings;
participation required for business transactions
226.190 Prohibition
of interest in contracts
226.200 Taxing
power of board
226.210 General
powers of board; rules
226.220 Vote
required for special tax levy
226.230 Dissolution
of board and transfer of powers
226.240 Transfer
of functions on favorable vote
PARKS, MEMORIALS AND OTHER PUBLIC
GROUNDS IN CITIES OF 5,000 OR MORE
226.310 Definition
of “city” for ORS 226.320 to 226.400; public character of use
226.320 Authority
to acquire land for certain purposes
226.330 Appropriation
in excess of needs
226.340 Terms
of appropriation ordinance
226.350 Sale
of excess land; restrictive covenants in deed of resale
226.360 Application
of proceeds from sale of excess land
226.370 Notice
and conduct of sale of excess land
226.380 Condemnation
procedure
226.390 Financing
of projects by bond issues
226.400 Construction
of memorials or veterans’ facilities in parks within city limits
MUNICIPAL CEMETERIES
226.410 Authority
to establish cemeteries and crematoria within or without city limits
226.420 Acquisition
of property of cemetery association
226.430 Control
by city after conveyance
226.440 Sale
of lots by city
226.450 Authority
to expend funds for maintenance of cemeteries
ABANDONED CEMETERIES
226.510 Abandoned
cemeteries declared a menace to public health, safety and welfare; acquisition
and removal of such cemeteries declared to be public uses
226.520 Definitions
for ORS 226.510 to 226.630
226.530 Powers
of city to acquire and remove cemeteries to another site
226.540 Public
hearing concerning abandoned cemetery
226.550 Governing
body to publish resolution or ordinance upon finding that cemetery should be
discontinued
226.560 City
may expend public funds for disinterment, removal and reinterment
of remains from abandoned cemetery
226.570 Power
of city to condemn cemetery
226.580 Parties
defendant to suit to condemn
226.590 Service
of summons
226.600 Effect
of service by publication on persons or parties in interest
226.610 Compensation
for condemned property determined by jury; factors considered
226.620 City
which acquires abandoned cemetery to proceed with disinterment, removal and reinterment of remains
226.630 Acts
to be done by city in disinterring, removing and reinterring remains;
compliance with section a defense in action for damages
PENALTIES
226.990 Penalties
GENERAL PROVISIONS
226.010 Control of municipal corporation
over property outside its boundaries. Every
incorporated city or municipal corporation owning or controlling any lands
without its boundaries may enact any police or penal ordinance necessary to
protect the same or preserve the peace and order therein or regulate the use of
such park, enforce the ordinance by penalties of fine or imprisonment and make
arrests and serve process of courts therein or upon persons therein or thereon
in like manner and with like effect as the same might be enacted or enforced
within its corporate limits.
PARK COMMISSION IN CITIES OF 3,000 OR
MORE
226.110 Definitions for ORS 226.120 to
226.240. As used in ORS 226.120 to 226.240,
unless the context requires otherwise:
(1)
“Board” means board of city park commissioners.
(2)
“City” means incorporated city containing not less than 3,000 inhabitants.
(3)
“Commissioner” means city park commissioner. [Amended by 2005 c.22 §171]
226.120 Composition and selection of board
of park commissioners. The board of park commissioners
of the city shall be composed of the mayor and city engineer, if there is one,
and if not, the city auditor, together with five citizens thereof, to be
appointed by the circuit court in which the city is located. If there is more
than one circuit judge in the circuit in which the city is located, the
appointment shall be made by all the judges acting together. Not more than
three citizens so appointed to the board shall be of the same political party.
226.130
[Repealed by 1983 c.350 §53 (226.131 enacted in lieu of 226.130)]
226.131 Vote required for creation of park
commission; conduct of election. The question
whether ORS 226.110 to 226.240 shall take effect in a city shall be decided by
election as provided in this section. The governing body may submit the
question to the electors of the city at an election on a date specified in ORS
221.230. The election shall be conducted under ORS chapters 246 to 260. [1983
c.350 §54 (enacted in lieu of 226.130)]
226.140 Organization of board;
compensation. The commissioners shall organize at a
meeting thereof, to be called by the mayor not less than 30 nor more than 60
days after appointment of the commissioners is complete. The mayor shall be
chairperson of the board. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the board appointed
under ORS 226.120, the proper judge or judges shall fill the vacancy.
Commissioners shall not receive compensation for their services as such.
226.150 Duties of secretary.
The board shall appoint a secretary, who shall keep an accurate record of all
proceedings of the board, including all rules and regulations adopted for
government or use of the parks.
226.160 Duties of treasurer.
The city treasurer shall be treasurer of the board. The treasurer shall keep an
accurate account of all moneys received and paid out on account of the board
apart from all other accounts, and shall pay out no moneys on account of the
board, except upon a warrant drawn upon the treasurer by the chairperson or
acting chairperson, countersigned by the secretary or acting secretary, of the
board.
226.170 Publication of penalties.
The rules and regulations of the board for violation of which penalties are
fixed shall be made public, as the board determines.
226.180 Meetings; participation required
for business transactions. Regular meetings of the board
shall be held on the first Tuesday of each month. Special meetings may be
called by the chairperson upon application of three members of the board. No
business shall be transacted at any meeting of the board without the presence
of three or more of the commissioners. No land shall be purchased without
concurrence of a majority of the board.
226.190 Prohibition of interest in
contracts. No commissioner shall be interested in
any contract to which the board of which the commissioner is a member is a party
or in which it is interested.
226.200 Taxing power of board.
The board, at any of its regular meetings, may assess a tax, not exceeding
one-half mill on the dollar in any one year, upon the taxable property of the
city of which it is the board. This tax shall be collected like other city
taxes and when so collected shall be exclusively under the control of the
commissioners, and shall be exclusively used for park purposes according to
their judgment.
226.210 General powers of board; rules.
(1) The board shall have full and exclusive control of all parks within or
connected with its respective city. For that purpose it may:
(a)
Lay out and improve such parks.
(b)
Appoint all necessary engineers, surveyors and all other employees, including a
police force to act in the parks and fix the amount of their compensation.
(c)
Do all acts needful and proper for the protection, care or improvement of the
parks.
(d)
Make all necessary rules or regulations for the use or government of the parks.
(e)
Affix penalties for breaches of the rules or regulations made under paragraph
(d) of this subsection. These penalties shall not exceed $20 for any one
offense and shall be collected as other fines and penalties are collected in
the city where such offense is committed.
(f)
Acquire title by purchase, gift, devise or otherwise, to any land it deems
desirable for parks, the title to be taken in the name of the city.
(2)
The board shall disburse all moneys appropriated, given, received or collected
for the improvement or use of the parks.
(3)
All contracts for the purchase of land for park purposes shall be made by the
board.
(4)
If the board, being desirous of acquiring any land for any park, cannot agree
with the owner as to the amount to be paid therefor,
the board may proceed in the circuit court of the county in which the land is
situated, as provided in ORS 223.005 to 223.020 for the appropriation of such
land for park purposes.
226.220 Vote required for special tax
levy. (1) If necessary, the board may provide
for payment of land purchases under ORS 226.210 (1)(f) by a special tax, not to
exceed one-half mill on the dollar in any one year, on taxable property in the
city, to be levied by the board and collected like other city taxes.
(2)
Before such tax shall be levied and upon written application of the board,
signed by its chairperson and secretary and filed with the proper city official
in such cases, the city council, in the manner provided in subsection (3) of
this section, shall submit the proposition of the special tax levy to electors
of the city at an election on a date specified in ORS 221.230.
(3)
If the proposition is approved, the special tax shall be levied and collected
as provided in ORS 226.200; otherwise the levy shall not be made.
(4)
This section does not apply to the ordinary tax for park purposes as provided
by ORS 226.200. [Amended by 1983 c.350 §55]
226.230 Dissolution of board and transfer
of powers. If the governing body of a city with a
park board created under ORS 226.120 decides that the city should abolish the
board and transfer its powers, functions and duties, as defined in ORS 226.110
to 226.220, to the governing body of the city, the governing body shall submit
the question of the transfer to the electors of the city. The election shall be
held on a date specified in ORS 221.230. [Amended by 1983 c.350 §56]
226.240 Transfer of functions on favorable
vote. If the electors of the city approve
abolition of the park board under ORS 226.230, the park commission shall cease
and the offices of park commissioner terminate within 30 days after the returns
of the election have been canvassed. Thereafter, all powers, functions and
duties of the park commission shall be exercised and performed by the city
council or city commission exclusively, to the same extent as if those powers,
functions and duties had originally been vested in and exercised by the city
council or the city commission. [Amended by 1983 c.350 §57]
PARKS, MEMORIALS AND OTHER PUBLIC
GROUNDS IN CITIES OF 5,000 OR MORE
226.310 Definition of “city” for ORS
226.320 to 226.400; public character of use. (1) As
used in ORS 226.320 to 226.400, “city” means any incorporated city having 5,000
inhabitants or more.
(2)
The taking, using, acquiring and appropriating of private property for any
purpose specified in ORS 226.320 to 226.390 is declared to be done for public
use.
226.320 Authority to acquire land for
certain purposes. Whenever the municipal
authorities determine by ordinance to do so, the city may purchase, acquire, take,
use, enter upon and appropriate land and property within or without its
corporate limits for the purpose of:
(1)
Public squares, parks, memorial monuments or buildings, pioneer memorials,
pioneer museums, memorials and monuments to United States war veterans, sites
or buildings for meeting places for such war veterans, auto campgrounds,
playgrounds or comfort stations.
(2)
Enlarging any public square, park, auto campground, playground or comfort
station.
226.330 Appropriation in excess of needs.
The city may purchase, acquire, take, use, enter upon and appropriate land and
property in excess of what may be needed for any public squares, parks or
playgrounds.
226.340 Terms of appropriation ordinance.
(1) In the ordinance providing for an appropriation under ORS 226.330, the
municipal authorities shall specify and describe the land authorized to be
taken, purchased, acquired, used and appropriated. Such land shall not embrace
more than 200 feet beyond the boundary line of the property to be used for the
public squares, parks or playgrounds in order to protect the same by resale of
the neighboring property with restrictions whenever the council determines
thereon by ordinance.
(2)
The council shall declare in the ordinance that the control of the neighboring
property within 200 feet of the boundary lines of the public squares, parks or
playgrounds is reasonably necessary in order to protect the public squares,
parks or playgrounds, their environs, the preservation of the view, appearance,
light, air, health or usefulness thereof.
226.350 Sale of excess land; restrictive
covenants in deed of resale. After so much
land and property referred to in ORS 226.330 as is needed has been appropriated
for public squares, parks or playgrounds, the municipal authorities of the city
may by ordinance authorize the sale of the remainder of such land or property
and impose such restrictions in any deed of resale as may be deemed necessary
or proper. The ordinance shall specify correctly and describe the land or property
to be sold, and the restrictions in regard to the use thereof. The restrictions
shall fully insure the protection of the public squares, parks, or playgrounds,
their environs, the preservation of the view and appearance, light, air, health
or usefulness thereof, whenever the council shall by ordinance determine
thereon and which are to be imposed and inserted in the deed of resale.
226.360 Application of proceeds from sale
of excess land. The proceeds from resale of any
neighboring property taken in excess of what may be necessary for actual
construction, opening, widening, extending and laying out of any public square,
park or playground as provided in ORS 226.310 to 226.390 shall be deposited in
the city treasury and used in payment of interest and as a sinking fund to
retire any bond issues authorized under ORS 226.390. Any surplus arising from
such transaction shall be turned over to and for the use of the park department
of the city.
226.370 Notice and conduct of sale of
excess land. Before selling the neighboring lands or
property acquired under ORS 226.320 to 226.360, or any part thereof or any
right or interest therein, the municipal authorities of the city shall give a
notice of such sale by publication for five successive days in one or more daily
newspapers of the city having a general circulation therein and by posting a
similar notice in two conspicuous places in or upon the property described and
referred to in the notice. The notice shall describe the property to be sold
and shall state any restrictions under which the property will be sold and the
terms of sale. The notice shall further state that sealed proposals will be
received by an officer of the city named in the notice at the office of the
officer for such purchase until the day and hour named therein. At the time
appointed, such municipal authority shall open the proposals and shall either
award to the highest responsible bidder for the purchase of the property; or at
their discretion, reject any or all bids, and readvertise
in the manner provided in this section.
226.380 Condemnation procedure.
When it is intended by the municipal authorities of the city to take, use and
appropriate private property for any of the purposes mentioned in ORS 226.320
to 226.340 and the owners and the municipal authorities cannot agree upon
compensation and damages arising therefrom,
compensation and damages shall be considered, ascertained, determined, awarded
and paid in the manner provided by general laws relative to condemnation or by
such means as may be prescribed by the city charter for widening, opening,
laying out or extending streets, or for acquiring private property for park
purposes, at the option of the municipal authorities.
226.390 Financing of projects by bond
issues. The municipal authorities may issue
bonds for the costs and expenses of acquiring the private property for any of
the purposes mentioned in ORS 226.320 to 226.380. The bonds shall be at such
rate of interest and for such length of time as the municipal authorities
determine, shall be advertised and sold in such manner as the municipal
authorities determine and shall be a general obligation of the city. The
municipal authorities shall, at the time of issuing the bonds, make provisions
for the payment of interest and a sinking fund for the retirement thereof.
226.400 Construction of memorials or
veterans’ facilities in parks within city limits.
The city may permit and authorize the following uses of parks, which are lawful
uses of any grounds or premises dedicated as public parks, unless the use
thereof for such purposes is forbidden by the terms of the conveyance creating
such parks:
(1)
The erection and construction of memorial monuments and buildings.
(2)
Pioneer memorials and pioneer museums.
(3)
Memorials and monuments to United States war veterans.
(4)
Buildings for meeting places of pioneer associations or veterans upon any
public park within the limits of the city. [Amended by 2005 c.22 §172]
MUNICIPAL CEMETERIES
226.410 Authority to establish cemeteries
and crematoria within or without city limits. Any
incorporated city may acquire, own, maintain and operate cemeteries and
crematoria either inside or outside its corporate limits, in accordance with
such plans as the city governing body deems best.
226.420 Acquisition of property of
cemetery association. Any incorporated city may
acquire, by purchase or gift, any ground or other property belonging to any
cemetery association, situate within the corporate limits of the city, for the
purpose of owning, controlling or operating such cemetery and the interment of
the body of any deceased person therein, or the disinterment and removal to a
different cemetery of the body of any person buried therein, or for any other
purpose.
226.430 Control by city after conveyance.
Whenever any cemetery association transfers to any incorporated city, as
provided in ORS 226.420, the ground and property of such cemetery association,
from and after such transfer the city shall have exclusive control of such
cemetery and all property connected therewith.
226.440 Sale of lots by city.
Any incorporated city acquiring incorporated cemetery association property as
provided in ORS 226.420, may sell or otherwise dispose of any lots or blocks
situate in and being a part of such cemetery in the manner prescribed by the
common council of such city.
226.450 Authority to expend funds for maintenance
of cemeteries. All cities owning and controlling
lands, lots or parcels of ground used for cemetery purposes may expend, for the
purpose of beautifying, caring for and keeping up all such lands and premises,
such public funds as have been included for that purpose in their annual
budget.
226.480 [1953
c.51 §1; repealed by 1981 c.48 §8]
226.490 [1971
c.38 §1; repealed by 1981 c.48 §8]
ABANDONED CEMETERIES
226.510 Abandoned cemeteries declared a
menace to public health, safety and welfare; acquisition and removal of such
cemeteries declared to be public uses. It hereby is
found and declared:
(1)
That there exists within municipal corporations of the state, cemeteries which
have been abandoned and cemeteries which have deteriorated and become
dilapidated and overgrown with weeds, trees, shrubs or other uncontrolled
growth.
(2)
That such cemeteries, by reason of their unsightly appearance, fire hazard, and
by reason of their providing a place of concealment conducive to criminal
activities and juvenile delinquency, constitute a menace to the health, safety,
morals and welfare of the residents of such municipal corporations; and that
these conditions necessitate the use of public funds for crime prevention, fire
protection, control of juvenile delinquency, accident protection and other
public services and facilities.
(3)
That the clearance and removal of such cemeteries are public uses and purposes for
which public money may be spent, private property acquired, and are
governmental functions of municipal and state concern.
(4)
That the varied nature of ownership of cemetery plots, the diverse ownership of
land, the difficulty of locating interested persons, the existence of unknown
graves and remains and other conditions prevent an orderly removal of such
remains and clearance of such cemeteries, and because of such conditions, it is
in the public interest that such cemeteries be acquired by municipal
corporations by eminent domain or otherwise, for the orderly removal of such
remains to other suitable place or places and the discontinuance of such
cemeteries and the exercise of the power of eminent domain, and the financing
of the acquisition and preparation of land by a municipal corporation for
disinterment and reinterment is declared a public use
and purpose. [1953 c.298 §1]
226.520 Definitions for ORS 226.510 to
226.630. As used in ORS 226.510 to 226.630:
(1)
“Abandoned cemetery” means any cemetery in which no remains of deceased persons
have been interred for a period of five years.
(2)
“Cemetery” means any tract of land set apart by deed, will or otherwise, for a
burial ground, or for the purpose of interring the remains of deceased persons.
(3)
“Diligent search” means a search as shall be reasonably calculated to discover:
(a)
Graves from the existence of monuments, contour of land and terrain, fencing,
curbing and other evidences of the location of graves; and
(b)
The location of human remains and the determination as to whether or not a
given plot contains such remains, for which it shall be sufficient to employ
the method commonly known as probing.
(4)
“Municipal corporation” means the governing body of any city incorporated under
the laws of this state.
(5)
“Remains” means the remains of any deceased person.
(6)
“Suitable location” means any cemetery, now in existence or hereafter
established, including a portion of any cemetery subject to the provisions of
ORS 226.510 to 226.630, where provision is made for the perpetual care and
upkeep of the graves. [1953 c.298 §2; 2005 c.22 §173]
226.530 Powers of city to acquire and
remove cemeteries to another site. Any municipal
corporation, by and through its governing body, in addition to the powers and
privileges heretofore conferred upon municipal corporations by the laws of this
state, shall for the purposes of ORS 226.530 to 226.630 have the power to:
(1)
Acquire cemeteries and cemetery properties, by eminent domain, conveyance or
otherwise.
(2)
Acquire real property for the purpose of reinterment
of remains.
(3)
Disinter remains and remove all gravestones, monuments or other evidences of
the location or existence of graves, and to move the same to another site.
(4)
Sell, lease or convey land acquired under the authority of ORS 226.530 to
226.630, or through voluntary transfers or otherwise. [1953 c.298 §3]
226.540 Public hearing concerning
abandoned cemetery. The governing body of any
municipal corporation that has within its boundaries a cemetery that has been
abandoned, or that has deteriorated and become neglected, and so located as to
endanger the health, welfare, comfort or safety of the public, may upon
petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the electors of the municipal
corporation, and filed with the recorder, or similar officer thereof, set a
date for public hearing, and give notice thereof by publication, once a week
for two successive weeks, prior to the hearing, in a newspaper having general
circulation within the county in which the municipal corporation is located,
said public hearing to be had within 60 days after the filing of such petition.
[1953 c.298 §4; 2005 c.22 §174]
226.550 Governing body to publish
resolution or ordinance upon finding that cemetery should be discontinued.
Upon a finding by the governing body of a municipal corporation, after such
hearing, that a cemetery located within such corporation is abandoned, or has
become deteriorated or dilapidated and overgrown with weeds, trees, shrubs or
other uncontrolled growth, and is so located as to endanger the health,
welfare, comfort or safety of the public, and that the public welfare requires
that such cemetery be discontinued, relocated and cleared, the governing body
shall publish its findings by ordinance or resolution. [1953 c.298 §5]
226.560 City may expend public funds for
disinterment, removal and reinterment of remains from
abandoned cemetery. Upon the adoption of a
resolution or ordinance, as provided for by ORS 226.540 and 226.550, the governing
body of said municipal corporation may provide for the expenditure of public
funds necessary for the disinterment, removal and reinterment
of remains and any and all other expenses incident thereto, including, but not
limited to, acquisition of property, cost of court proceedings, publications,
fees and other incidental expenses incurred in connection with any proceeding
under the provisions of ORS 226.510 to 226.630, and may include the same in the
next annual budget of such municipal corporation. [1953 c.298 §6]
226.570 Power of city to condemn cemetery.
Upon the adoption by the governing body of a municipal corporation of an
ordinance or resolution, as provided by ORS 226.540 and 226.550, such governing
body shall have the authority, by an action filed in the circuit court of the
State of Oregon for the county in which such municipal corporation is located
to condemn any cemetery subject to condemnation by the provisions of ORS
226.510 to 226.630. [1953 c.298 §7; 1979 c.284 §124]
226.580 Parties defendant to suit to
condemn. The complaint in any suit brought under
the provisions of ORS 226.510 to 226.630 shall include as defendants the names
of all record owners of lots, or plots located in the cemetery sought to be
condemned or any portion or parcel of such cemetery, and the names of the heirs
of all record owners as shown by the probate records of the county in which
such cemetery is located, and shall include any and all other persons having or
claiming any interest of any kind or nature in such cemetery, or any lot or
plot thereof, who may be joined as defendants and designated as “all other
persons or parties having or claiming any right, title, estate or interest.” [1953
c.298 §8]
226.590 Service of summons.
The summons in the action shall be served on all named defendants who, by
diligent search, can be found, in a like manner as service of summons in a
civil action. Service of summons on named defendants who cannot be found may be
made by publication as provided in ORCP 7. Service of summons on the defendants
included in the complaint as “all other persons or parties having or claiming
any right, title, estate or interest” may be made by publication. The manner of
making publication in the case of those defendants designated as “all other persons
or parties having or claiming any right, title, estate or interest” shall be
the same as provided in the order for publication of summons in the case of
named defendants, except that no order shall be required. [1953 c.298 §9; 1979
c.284 §125]
226.600 Effect of service by publication
on persons or parties in interest. All such
persons or parties having or claiming any right, title, estate or interest in
the real property in controversy, so served by publication as in ORS 226.590
provided, shall have the same rights as provided by law in case of all other
defendants upon whom service is made by publication, and the suit shall proceed
against such persons in the same manner as against defendants who are named,
upon whom service is made by publication, and with like effect; and any such
persons or parties who claim any right, title, estate or interest in said real
property in controversy, at the time of the commencement of the suit, duly
served as aforesaid, shall be found and concluded by the judgment in such suit,
and if the same is in favor of the plaintiff therein, as effectually as if the
suit was brought against such defendant by his or her name and constructive
service obtained. [1953 c.298 §10; 2003 c.576 §401]
226.610 Compensation for condemned
property determined by jury; factors considered.
The matter of compensation, if any, shall be determined by a jury called for
such purpose; and the court shall, in addition to other instructions, instruct
that the jury shall consider the following factors as a benefit and offset:
(1)
The cost of a suitable reinterment site.
(2)
The cost of preparation of site and its perpetual care and maintenance.
(3)
The cost of removal and reinterment of remains.
(4)
The cost of such marker or monument as may be placed at the site of reinterment. [1953 c.298 §11]
226.620 City which acquires abandoned
cemetery to proceed with disinterment, removal and reinterment
of remains. Whenever any municipal corporation
shall have proceeded under ORS 226.510 to 226.630, and a judgment of the court
shall vest in said municipal corporation the title to such cemetery properties,
as referred to herein, by eminent domain, such municipal corporation shall
proceed with the removal of remains, stones, monuments and any and all evidences
of a grave, and provide for reinterment in a suitable
location, within a reasonable time after the entry of a general judgment, and
the expiration of the time for appeal therefrom, or
the final disposition of any appeal which may be filed in connection with the
judgment. [1953 c.298 §12; 2003 c.576 §402]
226.630 Acts to be done by city in
disinterring, removing and reinterring remains; compliance with section a defense
in action for damages. (1) The removal of remains,
headstones and other evidence of the locations of graves, and the clearance of
the cemetery property, may be done under the direct supervision of the
governing body of the municipal corporation, or such commission as such
governing body may appoint, and such removal, reinterment,
clearance and other acts in connection with this program shall be sufficient,
if the following specific acts are done:
(a)
If all of the remains that can be located within said cemetery, after a
reasonable search for such remains, as in ORS 226.520 defined, has been
conducted, are removed in a manner reasonably providing for respectful and
careful treatment of such remains, and providing for reinterment
and recommitment, in a respectful manner.
(b)
If the identity of remains is preserved in so far as reasonably practicable,
having due regard to the conditions of the cemetery, the condition and
location, or dislocation of stones and monuments, and other factors related to
the particular project, and, in so far as practicable, the identity shall be
shown upon the relocation of said graves in a new location, by the erection of
suitable markers at the location of such graves.
(c)
In the event that there are remains in such cemetery which cannot be
identified, all of such remains may be interred in a section of the new
cemetery site, and the same may be marked by one suitable monument, which shall
contain the names of persons, known to have been interred in said cemetery, but
whose remains could not be identified.
(2)
It shall be a complete defense, in any action brought by any person for damages
against the municipal corporation, or other persons or organization affecting
such relocation and reinterment, as above described,
upon any grounds whatever, to plead and prove a substantial compliance with the
provisions of this section. [1953 c.298 §13]
PENALTIES
226.990 Penalties.
Violation of ORS 226.190 is punishable, upon conviction, in the same manner and
to the same extent as for a crime defined in ORS 164.043, 164.045, 164.055 and
164.057. [Amended by 1971 c.743 §347; 1987 c.907 §14]
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