§ 9-668
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§9–668.
(a)For the construction, maintenance, or operation of any part of a project, the district may acquire any interest in real property by:
(1)Purchase; or
(2)Exercise of the power of eminent domain as provided in Title 12 of the Real Property Article.
(1)Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the district may condemn a property right in a cemetery only to install a sewer line or a water line.
(2)The district may not condemn any property rights in and may not disturb:
(i)Any existing grave;
(ii)Any grave marker or monument;
(iii)Any grave site whose title has been transferred through a sale or exchange made in good faith; or
(iv)Any grave site as to which burial rights have vested or been transferred through a sale or agreement made in good faith.
(c)Before the district condemns a property right in a cemetery, the sanitary commission shall adopt a resolution that:
(1)Is approved by a majority of the sanitary commissioners appointed from the member county in which the cemetery is located;
(2)Includes a declaration that the condemnation is necessary for the public health and safety; and
(3)Includes a declaration that immediate acquisition of the property right in the cemetery is necessary.
(d)The sanitary commission shall bury every water line and sewer line that it builds in cemetery land.