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Introduced Version Senate Bill 441 History

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Senate Bill No. 441

(By Senators Prezioso,

Dittmar, Helmick, Hunter, Kimble, Ball, Sprouse, Love, Schoonover, Ross, Sharpe, Buckalew and Snyder)

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[Introduced March 24, 1997; 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; prohibiting any cemetery from charging more than two hundred fifty dollars to set a United States veterans' affairs grave marker; and requiring cemeteries to set the markers.

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 veterans' affairs grave markers.
No public or private cemetery may deny a request to set a United States department of veterans' affairs grave marker at the grave of a deceased United States armed forces veteran. The cemetery may not charge more than two hundred fifty dollars for setting the marker except that the cemetery may charge a reasonable additional fee for installation off the premises. The fee may be periodically adjusted to meet cost of living increases at the discretion of the director of the state division of veterans' affairs.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit public and private cemeteries from charging more than two hundred fifty dollars for setting a United States department of veterans' affairs grave marker at the grave of a deceased United States armed forces veteran within the cemetery.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.

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