Public cemeteries requirement to allow individuals to be buried in accordance with their recognized religion

This bill requires public cemeteries in Minnesota to allow individuals to be buried according to the rites of their recognized religion, explicitly including green burials. It mandates that these cemeteries permit green burials as long as they follow existing state environmental laws and specific burial regulations. The legislation sets a maximum density limit of 300 green burial plots per acre over 100 years, but allows for higher density if a specific religion requires it as part of its burial rites. These changes directly affect municipalities, towns, and other cemeteries governed by the relevant chapter of the Minnesota Statutes.