ENROLLED
ACT No. 154
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 966
BY REPRESENTATIVE GISCLAIR
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 29:295(C), relative to burials at state veterans cemeteries; to
3 provide for fees for such burials; to provide authority for the waiving of burial fees;
4 to provide relative to use of funds generated from burial fees; and to provide for
5 related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 29:295(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง295. Louisiana veterans cemeteries
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10 C. The department may charge a fee of seven hundred forty-five dollars for
11 burials in a cemetery operated under pursuant to this Section and may promulgate
12 rules for the assessment of the fee department to waive the fee, or any portion
13 thereof, for financial hardship as defined and set forth in the rules promulgated by
14 the department. The department may use the funds generated from the collection of
15 burial fees to pay for costs associated with the operation of the cemeteries.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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