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Laws of Minnesota 1986 CHAPTER 410-S.F.No. 1880 An act relating to veterans; establishing a veterans' cemetery; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. [197.235] [VETERANS' CEMETERY.] Subdivision 1. [ACQUISITION.] The department of veterans affairs shall acquire a site in this state to be used to establish a cemetery for the interment of veterans of the United States armed forces and for qualified family members of eligible veterans. The approval of the governing body of the county in which the proposed site is to be located must be obtained prior to any acquisition of land for this purpose. The department may receive any land granted to the state or any of its political subdivisions for this purpose. Subd. 2. [OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.] The department of veterans affairs shall supervise and control the veterans' cemetery established under this section. The department may contract for the maintenance and operation of the cemetery. All personnel, equipment, and support necessary for maintenance and operation of the cemetery must be included in the department's budget. Subd. 3. [ELIGIBLE VETERANS.] Any veteran who received any discharge, other than a dishonorable discharge, from the armed forces of the United States is eligible for burial in the state veterans' cemetery and any indigent veteran is eligible for burial in the cemetery without charge, except that funds available from the social security burial allowance, if any, must be paid to the cemetery director. Subd. 4. [ALLOCATION OF PLOTS.] Any eligible veteran, qualified family member, or the survivors of an eligible veteran or qualified family member, or a county on the veteran's behalf, may apply for a burial plot in the state veterans' cemetery by submitting a request to the cemetery director on a form supplied by the department and available from the cemetery director. The department shall allot available burial plots on a first come, first served basis. There is no charge for a burial plot or for the interment of any eligible veteran. The cemetery director shall apply to the veterans administration for payment of any allowable plot or interment allowance. Subd. 5. [SPOUSE; CHILD.] A spouse or a handicapped or minor child of a veteran who qualifies for burial under subdivision 3 may also qualify for burial in the state veterans' cemetery if the interment of the qualified family member is in the same burial plot as that provided for the veteran and the interment is either above or below the veteran. The commissioner of veterans affairs shall establish a fee schedule which may be adjusted from time to time for burial of family members. The fees shall cover as nearly as practicable the actual costs of interments. The department may accept the social security burial allowance, if any, of the qualified family member in an amount not to exceed the actual cost of the interment. Approved March 24, 1986
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Revisor of Statutes