Bill > A1294

Introduced Session

This bill establishes the "Indigent Veterans' Burial Services Fund" and provides for a designation on the State gross income tax return that will permit taxpayers to make voluntary contributions to the fund. The bill requires the Legislature to annually appropriate all monies deposited into the fund for the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for expenses incurred in connection to the burial or cremation of indigent veterans. Under current law, if a veteran dies without leaving means sufficient to defray funeral expenses, the veteran's county of residence is responsible for burial, up to a cost of $250, and subject to appropriation, the State provides additional funding for burial expenses exceeding $250, up to $1,250. This bill provides an additional avenue for funding the burial or cremation of indigent veterans, including homeless veterans and veterans whose remains have been abandoned.

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Alex Sauickie (R)*,  Aura Dunn (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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