§ 165. Maintenance and cleanup of abandoned cemeteries. 1. Any
municipal corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to establish
volunteer cemetery maintenance and cleanup programs to maintain and
cleanup abandoned cemeteries wholly contained within such municipal
corporation for which such municipal corporation has the primary
responsibility to provide care.

2. The cemetery division of the department of state is hereby
authorized and directed to assist any municipal corporation in the
organization, implementation and administration of a volunteer cemetery
maintenance and cleanup program at the request of such municipal
corporation. The department of state is hereby authorized and directed
to promulgate rules and regulations setting forth the manner and form of
such assistance and request.

3. No municipal corporation which establishes a volunteer cemetery
maintenance and cleanup program shall be liable for any damages
sustained by any person participating and no cause of action for such
damages shall be adjudicated by any court in this state which would
otherwise have jurisdiction to adjudicate such claim.

4. Any municipal corporation which establishes a volunteer cemetery
maintenance and cleanup program shall provide written notice of the
provisions of subdivision three of this section to each person
participating in such program.