‘An Act To Allow the Operation of Crematoriums at Oak Grove Cemetery and the Kelley Family Cemetery’
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First Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature S "B", Filing Number S-131, Sponsored by RAYE
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LR 854 Item 6 |
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Allow the Operation of Crematoriums at Oak Grove Cemetery and the Kelley Family Cemetery’
Amend the bill in the 5th paragraph after the title in the first line (page 1, line 9 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "Maine area" and inserting the following: 'and eastern Maine areas'
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 (page 1, lines 18 to 22 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. Construction of crematoriums. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 13, section 1341, subsection 1 and any other provision of law:
1. Oak Grove Cemetery. Oak Grove Cemetery, located in Gardiner, Maine, may construct, own and operate a crematorium on land owned by Oak Grove Cemetery located in an area zoned for industrial or commercial use or zoned as rural in the greater Gardiner area; and
2. Kelley Family Cemetery. A Maine nonprofit corporation may construct, own and operate or lease for operation a crematorium on land of the Kelley Family Cemetery located in Steuben, Maine and owned by Dreamkeepers, Inc., as long as the cemetery has been used as a cemetery for at least 2 years prior to construction of the crematorium and contains at least 20 acres during any period when the crematorium will be built and operated and the crematorium meets other requirements of law.’
Amend the bill in section 2 in the first line (page 1, line 23 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "section 1" the following: ', subsection 1'
summary
This amendment authorizes the construction and operation of a crematorium in Steuben on land that meets the statutory criteria except that the cemetery has not included the full 20 acres for the full 2 years required under current law as interpreted by the Department of Health and Human Services.