Cemeteries: veteran's commemorative property.

Existing law prohibits a cemetery owned and operated by a city, county, or city and county from engaging in the business of selling monuments or markers, and also prohibits the cemetery's officers and employees who manage, operate, or otherwise maintain the cemetery on a day-to-day basis from engaging in the private business of selling monuments or markers. This bill would prohibit any person or entity from selling, trading, or transferring veteran's commemorative property, except as provided. This bill would require any person or entity, except a municipal corporation, as specified, that owns or controls a cemetery where veteran's commemorative property has been placed that wishes to sell, trade, or transfer veteran's commemorative property to petition the superior court in the county in which the veteran's commemorative property is located for permission to sell, trade, or transfer all or any part of the veteran's commemorative property. The bill would establish procedures for the court to grant this permission. The bill would make the violation of its provisions a misdemeanor. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.