Florida SB 1248: Specialty License Plates

Bill Text

1248 
Abandoned Cemeteries 
2026-01-06T10:55:52Z 
Requiring the state to be granted an easement for ingress and egress to abandoned cemeteries on private property for specified purposes, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1248 

 By Senator Davis 

 5-01264-26 20261248__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to abandoned cemeteries; amending s. 
 3 704.08, F.S.; requiring the state to be granted an 
 4 easement for ingress and egress to abandoned 
 5 cemeteries on private property for specified purposes; 
 6 providing an effective date. 
 7 
 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 9 
 10 Section 1. Section 704.08, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
 11 read: 
 12 704.08 Cemeteries; right of ingress and egress for 
 13 visiting, or maintenance, research, and searches.— 
 14 (1) The relatives and descendants of any person buried in a 
 15 cemetery shall have an easement for ingress and egress for the 
 16 purpose of visiting the cemetery at reasonable times and in a 
 17 reasonable manner. The owner of the land may designate the 
 18 easement. If the cemetery is abandoned or otherwise not being 
 19 maintained, such relatives and descendants may request the owner 
 20 to provide for reasonable maintenance of the cemetery, and, if 
 21 the owner refuses or fails to maintain the cemetery, the 
 22 relatives and descendants shall have the right to maintain the 
 23 cemetery. 
 24 (2) If credible evidence supports a determination that 
 25 there is an abandoned cemetery located on, underneath, or 
 26 adjacent to land owned by a private owner, the state must be 
 27 granted an easement for ingress and egress for the purpose of 
 28 maintaining the cemetery and conducting research and noninvasive 
 29 searches at such cemetery at reasonable times and in a 
 30 reasonable manner after providing the owner with reasonable 
 31 notice. 
 32 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.