South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

H 3230 — Cemetery preservation and protection

Last action — Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

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This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 05, 2024. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Summary

A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 6-1-35, RELATING TO PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF CEMETERIES, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING BODY OF A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY TO ADOPT BY ORDINANCE THE REQUIREMENT THAT CEMETERY OWNERS AND OPERATORS SHALL MAINTAIN, PRESERVE, AND PROTECT THE CEMETERY, AND TO PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES.

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Plain-language change summary

The recently amended Bill H 3230 now allows counties and municipalities in South Carolina to create ordinances that require cemetery owners to actively maintain, preserve, and protect their cemeteries. This includes keeping cemeteries clear of rubbish and debris that could be deemed public nuisances. This change is important because it seeks to improve the conditions of cemeteries, ensuring they are respected and cared for as significant spaces for community memory and heritage. Additionally, provisions for enforcement procedures will help local authorities ensure compliance with these maintenance requirements.

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Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)                 A bill   TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 6-1-35, RELATING TO PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF CEMETERIES, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING BODY OF A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY TO ADOPT BY ORDINANCE THE REQUIREMENT THAT CEMETERY OWNERS AND OPERATORS SHALL MAINTAIN, PRESERvE, AND PROTECT THE CEMETERY, AND TO PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES.
  Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
  SECTION 1.  Section 6-1-35 of the S.C.
Code is amended to read:
      Section 6-1-35.  (A)(1) Counties and municipalities are authorized to maintain, preserve, and protect any cemetery located within its jurisdiction which the county or municipality determines has been abandoned or is not being maintained and are further authorized to expend public funds and use county or municipal inmate labor, in the manner authorized by law, in connection with the cemetery.
       (2) Notwithstanding another provision of law, each county and municipality of the State are authorized to provide by ordinance:
           (a) that the owner or operator of an active cemetery located in the county or municipality shall maintain, preserve, and protect the cemetery and keep it free of rubbish, debris, or any other unhealthy conditions that constitute a public nuisance, provided an ordinance enacted pursuant to this subsection may not be solely for aesthetic purposes;
and            (b) for notification from the designated county or municipal official to the cemetery owner or operator of the conditions needing correction, require the owner or operator take action as necessary to correct the conditions, provide the terms and conditions under which an employee of the county or municipality, or a person employed for that purpose, may enter the cemetery to correct the conditions, and provide that no more than the actual cost of the cemetery maintenance or clean up becomes a lien upon the cemetery and is collectable as a county or municipal tax.
    (B) As used in this section, the term "maintain, preserve, and protect" meansincludes, but is not limited to, all reasonable measure designed to keep the cemetery safe from destruction, peril, or other adversity, rubbish, debris, or unhealthy conditions, and may include the placement of signs, markers, fencing, or other appropriate features so as to identify the site as a cemetery and so as to aid in the maintenance, preservation, and protection of the abandoned cemetery.
  SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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  1. Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

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What does H 3230 do?
A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 6-1-35, RELATING TO PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF CEMETERIES, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING BODY OF A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY TO ADOPT BY ORDINANCE THE REQUIREMENT THAT CEMETERY OWNERS AND OPERATORS SHALL MAINTAIN, PRESERVE, AND PROTECT THE CEMETERY, AND TO PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES.
Who sponsors H 3230?
H 3230 is sponsored by Representative Wendell G. Gilliard and Tiffany R. Spann-Wilder (Democrat).
What is the current status of H 3230?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced December 05, 2024. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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