- (1) Upon the request of the public body or private entity owning or controlling a Civil War cemetery, the Department of Parks may, as to a cemetery other than those mentioned in subsection (2) of this section, maintain a cemetery in an appropriate manner and may take title in the name of the Commonwealth to such cemetery by a deed of conveyance, subject to the appropriate sections of KRS Chapters 45 and 56. As used herein, the term, "Civil War cemetery" means a cemetery, or separate part of a cemetery, in which twenty-five (25) or more soldiers who fought in the war between the states are interred.
- (2) The Department of Parks shall maintain or take title to any of the following cemeteries upon formal request of the owning or controlling entity: Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery, Oldham County. Goodnight Farm Confederate Cemetery, Boyle County. Zollicoffer Park Confederate Cemetery, Pulaski County. Camp Beauregard Cemetery, Graves County.
- (3) Expenditures by the Department of Parks for the purposes of this section shall not exceed twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) annually.
History: Created 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 18, secs. 1, 2, and 3.