Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 456. Cemetery Associations § 456.184

Sec. 4.(1) The legal rights and privileges, statutory or otherwise, of the owners, stockholders, partners, or members are not affected by the contract or conveyance by which the cemetery property is transferred to a municipal corporation.The municipal corporation shall assume and perform all liabilities, charges, and duties, statutory or otherwise, imposed upon or assumed by the municipal corporation, fully perform all existing contracts or agreements of the cemetery, and carry out and perform all provisions as to maintenance whether imposed upon the legal entity by statute or assumed by its bylaws or other originating documentation.

(2) Any fund for maintenance as provided by statute or by the bylaws or other originating documentation of the legal entity shall be turned over to the municipal corporation and preserved, applied, and used as required under statute or under bylaws or other originating documents.