H.B. 1554

VETOES

(2) (I) "ASSOCIATED FUNERARY OBJECT" MEANS ANY ITEM OF
HUMAN MANUFACTURE OR USE THAT IS INTENTIONALLY PLACED WITH HUMAN
REMAINS AT THE TIME OF INTERMENT IN A BURIAL SITE, CEMETERY, GRAVEYARD,
OR VAULT OR LATER AS PART OF A DEATH RITE OR CEREMONY OF A CULTURE,
RELIGION, OR GROUP.

(II) "ASSOCIATED FUNERARY OBJECT" INCLUDES ANY

GRAVESTONE, MONUMENT, TOMB, OR OTHER STRUCTURE IN OR DIRECTLY
ASSOCIATED WITH A BURIAL SITE.

(3) (2) (I) "BURIAL SITE" MEANS ANY NATURAL OR PREPARED
PHYSICAL LOCATION, WHETHER ORIGINALLY LOCATED BELOW, ON, OR ABOVE THE
SURFACE OF THE EARTH INTO WHICH HUMAN REMAINS OR ASSOCIATED
FUNERARY OBJECTS ARE DEPOSITED AS A PART OF A DEATH RITE OR CEREMONY
OF ANY CULTURE, RELIGION, OR GROUP.

(II) "BURIAL SITE" INCLUDES THE HUMAN REMAINS AND
ASSOCIATED FUNERARY OBJECTS THAT RESULT FROM A SHIPWRECK OR ACCIDENT
AND ARE INTENTIONALLY LEFT TO REMAIN AT THE SITE.

(4) (3) "CULTURAL AFFILIATION" MEANS A RELATIONSHIP OF
SHARED GROUP IDENTITY THAT CAN BE REASONABLY TRACED HISTORICALLY OR
PREHISTORICALLY BETWEEN A PRESENT-DAY GROUP, TRIBE, BAND, OR CLAN AND
AN IDENTIFIABLE EARLIER GROUP.

(5) (4) "PERSON IN INTEREST" MEANS A PERSON WHO:

(I) IS RELATED BY BLOOD OR MARRIAGE TO THE PERSON
INTERRED IN A BURIAL SITE;

(II) IS AN HEIR, AS DEFINED IN § 1-101 OF THE ESTATES AND
TRUSTS ARTICLE;

(III) IS THE APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PERSON
INTERRED IN A BURIAL SITE;

(IV) (II) HAS A CULTURAL AFFILIATION WITH THE PERSON
INTERRED IN A BURIAL SITE; OR

(V) HAS A CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, SCIENTIFIC, OR EDUCATIONAL
INTEREST IN THE BURIAL SITE; OR

(VI) (III) HAS AN INTEREST IN A BURIAL SITE THAT THE OFFICE OF
THE STATE'S ATTORNEY FOR THE COUNTY WHERE THE BURIAL SITE IS LOCATED
RECOGNIZES IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AFTER CONSULTATION WITH A LOCAL
BURIAL SITES ADVISORY BOARD OR, IF SUCH A BOARD DOES NOT EXIST, THE
MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST.

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