1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to veterans; modifying veterans burial provisions; amending Minnesota
1.3 Statutes 2024, section 197.236, subdivisions 8, 9.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.236, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 8.Eligibility.Cemeteries must be operated solely for the burial of service members
1.7who die on active duty, eligible veterans, and their spouses and dependent children, as
1.8defined in United States Code, title 38, section 101 2402, paragraph (2) (a), subparagraphs
1.91 to 5 and 7.
1.10 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 197.236, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
1.11 Subd. 9.Burial fees.(a) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall establish a fee
1.12schedule, which may be adjusted from time to time, for the interment of eligible spouses
1.13and dependent children. The fees shall cover as nearly as practicable the actual costs of
1.14interment, excluding the value of the plot.
1.15 (b) Upon application, the commissioner may waive or reduce the burial fee for an indigent
1.16eligible person. The commissioner shall develop maintain a policy, eligibility standards,
1.17and application form for requests to waive or reduce the burial fee to indigent eligible
1.18applicants.
1.19 (c) No plot or interment fees may be charged for the burial of service members who die
1.20on active duty or eligible veterans, as defined in United States Code, title 38, section 101
1.212402, paragraph (2) (a), subparagraphs 1 to 4 and 7.
1Sec. 2.
25-00193 as introduced12/10/24 REVISOR EB/LN
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1705NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: KUPEC)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/20/2025
Referred to Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development