AN ACT

        ENTITLED, An Act to increase the amount of income and principal of a perpetual fund used to maintain a cemetery.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That § 47-29-22 be amended to read as follows:
    47-29-22. A cemetery corporation also has power:
            (1)    To establish a perpetual fund to be used in purchasing and maintaining mowing equipment, hiring maintenance staff, caring for, ornamenting, beautifying, and improving its grounds. No more than six percent of the combined income and principal in a perpetual fund may be used annually for these purposes;
            (2)    To receive donations, devises, and legacies for such purpose; and
            (3)    To elect three trustees to care for and invest such trust fund in such manner and under such restrictions and for such term or terms as may be prescribed by its articles of incorporation or bylaws.
    The directors of any such corporation have power to require bonds from such trustees, from time to time, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties in such amounts as such board may deem necessary for the safety and proper security of such fund; and such trustees shall account at least once each year for all income arising from such perpetual fund and to make a full and detailed report of the condition of the fund if required by the board of directors.
An Act to increase the amount of income and principal of a perpetual fund used to maintain a cemetery.

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I certify that the attached Act originated in the

HOUSE as Bill No. 1069

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Chief Clerk
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Speaker of the House

Attest:

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Chief Clerk

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President of the Senate

Attest:

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Secretary of the Senate

House Bill No. 1069
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______  
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Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________ ,

20____ at ____________ M.


By _________________________
for the Governor
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The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________ , A.D., 20___

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Governor
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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
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Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________ , 20___
at _________ o'clock __ M.

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Secretary of State

By _________________________
Asst. Secretary of State