ENROLLED
ACT No. 78
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 527
BY REPRESENTATIVE EGAN
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 29:295(C), relative to veterans cemeteries; to provide for burial
3 fees; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 29:295(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 ยง295. Louisiana veterans cemeteries
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8 C. The department may charge a fee of seven hundred forty-five dollars
9 based upon the date of death of the decedent, equal to the federal plot allowances for
10 burials in a cemetery operated pursuant to this Section and may promulgate rules for
11 the department to waive the fee, or any portion thereof, for financial hardship as
12 defined and set forth in the rules promulgated by the department. The department
13 may use the funds generated from the collection of burial fees to pay for costs
14 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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