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Covered Minnesota cemeteries would allow green and religious burials

Covered Minnesota cemeteries would have to allow green burials and honor recognized religious burial rites, including a higher density for religious green burials.

What it does

Municipalities, towns, and other cemeteries governed by chapter 306 would have to allow green burials that meet state requirements.

Covered cemeteries would have to permit burial according to a person's recognized religious rites, including green burial, when state requirements are met.

For green burial that is part of a person's recognized religious rites, covered cemeteries would have to allow more than the usual limit of 300 burials per acre over 100 years.

Argument forPeople whose burial rites include green burial could follow those rites if the burial meets state requirements.

Argument againstReligious green burials could use more space than the usual limit allows, leaving less room for other burials in covered cemeteries.

More detail

Covered cemeteries would have to allow green burials. This applies to municipalities, towns, and other cemeteries governed by chapter 306. Green burials must meet the requirements of chapter 149A and section 306.991.

Covered cemeteries would have to permit burial according to a person's recognized religion's rites. This applies to individuals buried in a municipality, town, or other cemetery governed by chapter 306. The burial must meet chapter 149A. If it is a green burial, it must also meet section 306.991.

Covered cemeteries would have to allow religious green burials above the stated density limit. This applies when green burial is part of the individual's recognized religious burial rites. The green burial must meet the other requirements of section 306.991.

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Covered Minnesota cemeteries would allow green and religious burials

Covered Minnesota cemeteries would have to allow green burials and honor recognized religious burial rites, including a higher density for religious green burials.

What it does

Municipalities, towns, and other cemeteries governed by chapter 306 would have to allow green burials that meet state requirements.

Covered cemeteries would have to permit burial according to a person's recognized religious rites, including green burial, when state requirements are met.

For green burial that is part of a person's recognized religious rites, covered cemeteries would have to allow more than the usual limit of 300 burials per acre over 100 years.

Argument forPeople whose burial rites include green burial could follow those rites if the burial meets state requirements.

Argument againstReligious green burials could use more space than the usual limit allows, leaving less room for other burials in covered cemeteries.

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