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2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 238
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(iii) for [20] 2 years, unless, for a reason that the [Commission]
DEPARTMENT finds compelling, the [Commission] DEPARTMENT waives the time
period.
(g) To obtain a plot in a State veterans' cemetery, an applicant shall submit to
the [Commission] DEPARTMENT an application on the form that the [Commission]
DEPARTMENT provides.
(h) (1) In a plot that is allotted to a veteran, the [Commission]
DEPARTMENT shall bury:
(i) the veteran; and
(ii) any member of the immediate family WHO IS AN ELIGIBLE
SPOUSE OR DEPENDENT of the veteran if the family member can be buried in a space
above or below the veteran OR IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE PLOT.
(2) (i) With each plot, the [Commission] DEPARTMENT shall provide [1]
ONE grave liner [not to exceed $100 in cost, subject to an annual increase of not more
than 5 percent to allow for inflation].
(ii) For an eligible veteran, the [Commission] DEPARTMENT shall
pay for the grave liner.
(iii) For an eligible [family member] SPOUSE OR DEPENDENT, the
grave liner shall be paid for by the family or estate.
(i) (1) The [Commission] DEPARTMENT shall bury the veteran without
charge.
(2) For burial of a member of the immediate family WHO IS AN ELIGIBLE
SPOUSE OR DEPENDENT, the [Commission] DEPARTMENT may set a fee that does
not exceed the cost of burial.
[9-914.] 9-907.
The [Commission] DEPARTMENT shall keep a registry of the graves of veterans
AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF VETERANS who are buried in the State VETERANS
CEMETERIES.
[9-915.] 9-908.
(a) In this section, "veterans' memorials and monuments" means:
(1) the Maryland Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Associated Land as
established pursuant to Joint Resolution No. 22 of 1983;
(2) the Maryland Korean War Memorial and Associated Land as
established pursuant to Joint Resolution No. 3 of 1985; and
(3) the Maryland World War II Memorial and Associated Land.
(b) There is a Veterans' Memorials and Monuments Program administered by
the [Maryland Veterans Commission] DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
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