Senate Bill sb0190

    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 190

    By Senator Clary





    4-180-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to easements; amending s.

  3         704.08, F.S.; granting an easement for ingress

  4         and egress for purposes of visiting or

  5         maintaining a cemetery to members of

  6         not-for-profit organizations whose purposes

  7         include the preservation of the state's

  8         history; providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 704.08, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         704.08  Cemeteries; right of ingress and egress for

15  visiting or maintenance.--The relatives and descendants of any

16  person buried in a cemetery and the members of any

17  not-for-profit organization whose purposes include the

18  preservation of the state's history shall have an easement for

19  ingress and egress for the purpose of visiting the cemetery at

20  reasonable times and in a reasonable manner.  The owner of the

21  land may designate the easement.  If the cemetery is abandoned

22  or otherwise not being maintained, such relatives and

23  descendants and members of such organizations may request the

24  owner to provide for reasonable maintenance of the cemetery,

25  and, if the owner refuses or fails to maintain the cemetery,

26  the relatives and descendants and members of such

27  organizations shall have the right to maintain the cemetery.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2003.

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 190
    4-180-03




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      Grants an easement for ingress and egress for purposes of
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