Senate Bill No. 17
(By Senators Kimble, Helmick, Bailey, Dittmar, Love, Oliverio,
Wiedebusch, Wooton, Buckalew, Whitlow, Anderson, Plymale,
Miller, Boley, Ross, Walker, Sharpe, Blatnik, Grubb, Dugan,
Tomblin, Mr. President, Minear, Yoder, Manchin and Bowman)
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[Introduced January 13, 1995; referred to the Committee
on Military.]
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A BILL to amend article five, chapter thirty-five of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
seven, relating to cemeteries; and prohibiting any cemetery
from charging more than fifty dollars to set a United States
memorial affairs' grave marker.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five, chapter thirty-five of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
seven, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. CEMETERIES.
§35-5
-7. Charges for setting United States memorial affairs'
grave markers.
A public or private cemetery may no
t charge the survivor of
a veteran of the United States armed forces more than fifty dollars for setting a United States department of memorial
affairs' grave marker at the grave of a deceased veteran, except
that a cemetery may charge a reasonable additional fee for
installation off the premises.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit public and
private cemeteries from charging the survivor of a veteran of the
United States armed forces more than fifty dollars to set a
United States department of memorial affairs' grave marker within
the cemetery.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.