Funding and purpose.
New Orleans City Code § 70-415.299
in effectSec. 70-415.299. - Funding and purpose.
(a) All fees, charges, and revenues received by the city for the use of any city-owned cemetery or for cemetery services rendered or related goods sold or provided by the division of cemeteries or the department of property management shall be dedicated solely to operating, maintaining, repairing and/or improving city-owned cemeteries. Expenditures from the fund shall be appropriated and recorded properly for this purpose and use.
(b) Nothing in this section, however, shall be deemed or construed to affect or limit the duties and responsibilities of the board of city trusts with respect to such monies or revenues as may be held by the city for the perpetual care of plots in city-owned cemeteries.
(M.C.S., Ord. No. 28519, § 1, 10-15-20)
Source: City of New Orleans, Code of Ordinances and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH70FI_ARTIIIFU_DIV46CICEREMAFU_S70-415.299FUPUFetched: 10/28/2026