ENTITLED, An Act to revise certain provisions relating to the use of principal and interest in cemetery perpetual funds and to require perpetual cemeteries to submit an annual financial report to the secretary of state.
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;

            (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.
    Section 2. That chapter 55-12 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

    A perpetual cemetery, as defined in § 55-12-4, or a perpetual cemetery corporation operating under chapter 47-29 shall file an annual financial report for the preceding fiscal year with the secretary of state by July thirty-first of each year on a form prescribed by the secretary of state.

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An Act to revise certain provisions relating to the use of principal and interest in cemetery perpetual funds and to require perpetual cemeteries to submit an annual financial report to the secretary of state.

========================= I certify that the attached Act originated in the HOUSE as Bill No. 1127 ____________________________ Chief Clerk =========================     ____________________________ Speaker of the House Attest: ____________________________ Chief Clerk ____________________________ President of the Senate Attest: ____________________________ Secretary of the Senate House Bill No. 1127 File No. ____ Chapter No. ______

========================= Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________ , 20____ at ____________ M. By _________________________ for the Governor ========================= The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________ , A.D., 20___ ____________________________ Governor ========================= STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss. Office of the Secretary of State Filed ____________ , 20___ at _________ o'clock __ M. ____________________________ Secretary of State By _________________________ Asst. Secretary of State