(c) (1) The Commission 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 has the approval of:

(i) the governing body of the county where the State veterans'
cemetery is to be located;

(ii) the delegation in the General Assembly for the county where
the State veterans' cemetery is to be located; and

(iii) 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 shall maintain and supervise each State veterans'
cemetery.

(2) The Washington Cemetery Board of Trustees shall be under the
supervision of the Commission.

(e) (1) Subject to the limitations in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the
Commission shall provide a plot in a State veterans' cemetery, without charge, to an
applicant 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, the applicant must
be a veteran or a member of the immediate family of a veteran who meets the
requirements of this subsection.

(2) The veteran must have an honorable discharge from the armed

forces.

(3) The veteran must have been a resident of the State:

(i) when the veteran entered the armed forces;

(ii) when the veteran died; or

(iii) for 20 years, unless, for a reason that the Commission finds
compelling, the Commission waives the time period.

(g) To obtain a plot in a State veterans' cemetery, an applicant shall submit to
the Commission an application on the form that the Commission provides.

(h) (1) In a plot that is allotted to a veteran, the Commission shall bury:

(i) the veteran; and

(ii) any member of the immediate family of the veteran if the family
member can be buried in a space above or below the veteran.