SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 49
(By Senators Hunter, Wells, Sypolt,
Oliverio, Hall, Edgell and Boley)
[Originating in the Committee on Military]
Urging the Governor initiate, sponsor and encourage the process
whereby a state cemetery for veterans may be established and
maintained.
Whereas, In 1979, the Legislature passed Enrolled Senate Bill
No. 551 (
Establishing veterans' cemetery by department of veterans'
affairs); and
Whereas, That law empowers the Department of Veterans' Affairs
to establish and maintain a state veterans' cemetery to be
centrally located within the state, giving the department
authorization to receive funds and to propose rules for
promulgation; and
Whereas, Now, 27 years later, when the nation is embroiled in
yet another war to which this state is sending troops to fight and
sometimes die, the veterans still have no state cemetery because
that law has never been acted upon; and
Whereas, Interest and encouragement from the Governor might
have the effect of jump-starting this long-overdue project which is
badly needed and has certainly been earned by the brave persons who have served in the United States armed forces; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Governor is urged to initiate, sponsor and encourage
the process whereby a state cemetery for veterans may be
established and maintained; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Honorable Joe
Manchin, Governor of the State of West Virginia, Larry Linch,
Director, West Virginia Division of Veterans' Affairs, West
Virginia Veterans' Coalition and West Virginia's congressional
delegation.
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