Section 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.