1. A governmental subdivision that owns or operates a cemetery or has control of cemetery property may act as a permanent trustee for the perpetual maintenance of interment spaces in the cemetery.
2. To act as a trustee, a majority of the governmental subdivision’s governing body must adopt an ordinance or resolution stating the governmental subdivision’s willingness and intention to act as a trustee for the perpetual maintenance of cemetery property. When the ordinance or resolution is adopted and the trust is accepted, the trust is perpetual.