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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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Ch. 238
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(ii) served OTHER THAN DISHONORABLY as a member of the State
militia ordered into active service of the United States by order of the President and
was killed in the line of duty.
(b) The [Commission] DEPARTMENT may establish [1] ONE or more
cemeteries in the State for the burial of veterans and their [immediate families]
ELIGIBLE SPOUSE OR DEPENDENTS AS AUTHORIZED BY THE SECRETARY.
(c) [(1)] The [Commission] DEPARTMENT may accept land, on behalf of the
State or a political subdivision of the State, or otherwise acquire land for a State
veterans' cemetery, if the [Commission] DEPARTMENT has the approval of:
[(i)] (1) the governing body of the county where the State veterans'
cemetery is to be located;
[(ii)] (2) the delegation in the General Assembly for the county
where the State veterans' cemetery is to be located; and
[(iii)] (3) the Board of Public Works.
[(2) In selecting a location for a proposed State veterans' cemetery, the
Commission shall give priority to land that is near a national memorial battle site.]
(d) (1) The [Commission] DEPARTMENT shall maintain and supervise each
State veterans' cemetery.
(2) The Washington Cemetery Board of Trustees shall be under the
supervision of the [Commission] DEPARTMENT.
(e) [(1) Subject to the limitations in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the]
THE [Commission] DEPARTMENT shall provide a plot in a State veterans' cemetery,
without charge, to [an applicant] A VETERAN who meets the requirements of this
section.
[(2) In the order in which the Commission receives the applications for
plots, the Commission shall allot a plot in the State veterans' cemetery that is closest
to the residence of the veteran and has an available plot.]
(f) [(1)] To qualify for a plot in a State veterans' cemetery[,];
(1) the applicant must be a veteran WHO MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR BURIAL AT A NATIONAL VETERANS CEMETERY or [a member of the immediate
family] AN ELIGIBLE SPOUSE OR DEPENDENT of a veteran who meets the
requirements of this subsection[.]; AND
[(2) The veteran must have an honorable discharge from the armed
forces.]
[(3)] (2) [The] IF A VETERAN, THE veteran must ALSO have been a
resident of the State:
(i) when the veteran entered the armed forces;
(ii) when the veteran died; or
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