§673. Definitions

            As used in this Chapter, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

            (1) "Burial artifact" means any item of human manufacture or use that is in an unmarked burial site.

            (2) "Disturb" includes excavating, removing, exposing, defacing, mutilating, destroying, molesting, or desecrating in any way any unmarked burial sites or any human skeletal remains, burial artifacts, or burial markers on or in an unmarked burial site without a permit.

            (3) "Human skeletal remains" means any part of the body of a deceased human being in any stage of decomposition.

            (4) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism or the person designated by the secretary to administer the provisions of this Chapter.

            (5) "Unmarked burial site" means the immediate area where one or more human skeletal remains are found in the ground that is not in a recognized and maintained municipal, fraternal, religious, or family cemetery, or a cemetery authorized by the Louisiana Cemetery Board.

            Acts 1991, No. 704, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2009, No. 438, §6A; Acts 2022, No. 574, §1.