CEMETERIES
2022 Okla. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 76 (S.B. 1333) (WEST)
2022 Okla. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 76 (S.B. 1333) (WEST)
OKLAHOMA 2022 SESSION LAW SERVICE
Fifty-Eighth Legislature, 2022 Second Regular Session
CHAPTER 76
S.B. No. 1333
CEMETERIES
An Act relating to cemeteries and graves; amending 72 O.S. 2021, Section 165, which relates to the Union Soldiers' Home; describing parcel of real property; authorizing certain real property to be transferred from the Adjutant General to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs under certain condition and within a certain time frame; repealing 44 O.S. 2021, Section 118, which relates to the Union Soldiers' Home; and declaring an emergency.
SUBJECT: Cemeteries
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
<< OK ST T. 72 § 165 >>
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 72 O.S. 2021, Section 165, is amended to read as follows:
Section 165. That the cemetery and graves of soldiers now buried on said property be and the same are placed The veterans cemetery known historically as the Union Soldiers Cemetery located on the corner of Northeast 36th Street and Martin Luther King Avenue in Oklahoma City shall remain under the supervision and care of the Adjutant General of the State of Oklahoma until such time as the executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs certifies to the Oklahoma Veterans Commission receipt of such funds and clear title to property as are necessary to meet the standards established by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to designate the property as a State Veterans Cemetery. The title to all property, real and personal included in and with the Union Soldiers Cemetery owned by the Military Department of the State of Oklahoma, being a tract of land in the Northwest Quarter of Section 24, Township 12 North, Range 3 West of the Indian Meridian, Oklahoma County, being more particularly described as: beginning at the northwest corner of the Northwest Quarter; thence North 89£30'53” East, along the north line of the Northwest Quarter, a distance of 510.00 feet; thence South 00‘13'08” East, parallel with the west line of the Northwest Quarter, a distance of 280.00 feet; thence South 89‘30'53” West, parallel with the north line of the Northwest Quarter, a distance of 510.00 feet to the west line of the Northwest Quarter; thence North 00£13'08” West, along the west line of the Northwest Quarter, a distance of 280.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing an area of 142,799 square feet or 3.2782 acres, more or less, shall be transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs within ninety (90) days after the certification provided for in this section is executed by the executive director.
<< Repealed: OK ST T. 44 § 118 >>
SECTION 2. REPEALER 44 O.S. 2021, Section 118, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
Approved April 25, 2022.
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