SB1804 - Tennessee: Cemeteries

Companion Bill HB1354. Cemeteries - Authorizes eligible persons, including family members, descendants, and friends of the deceased persons and persons conducting genealogical research, access to cemeteries and graves on private property, subject to certain limitations. - Amends TCA Title 46. Fiscal Summary for *SB1804 / HB1354 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB1804 / HB1354 This bill requires owners and occupants of land where cemeteries and graves are located to grant access to the family members, descendants, and close friends of persons who are buried in such land and to genealogical researchers ("eligible persons") in order to visit and maintain graves, make burials, and conduct genealogical research. In order for a friend of a deceased person, of the family, or of a descendant or persons engaging in genealogical [...]

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