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5009 MTITRANS; REWARDS. PRTVILEGES 197.2J5 <br />JV <br />t <br />i <br />m.* <br />i <br />4 <br />commissioner must approve all expenditures from the trust. A cenihed audit of all <br />assets, expenditures, and property must be conducted prior to any disposition of any <br />assets under the control of the board. Any board member who would benefit directly <br />or indirectly financially from the sale of this property must be removed by the ^ard <br />and a successor appointed as provided by section 197.131. Upon final disposition ot <br />all assets to the trust, the board must disband. Should the assets of the trust be <br />exhausted, the trust must be terminated. <br />History: 1985 c 152 s 3 <br />197.14 <br />197.15 <br />197.16 <br />197.17 <br />197.18 <br />197.19 <br />197.20 <br />197.21 <br />197.211 <br />197.22 <br />[Repealed, <br />[Repealed, <br />[Repealed, <br />[Repealed, <br />[Repealed, <br />[Repealed, <br />[Repealed, <br />[Repealed, <br />[Repealed, <br />[Repealed, <br />1976 c 149 <br />1985 c 152 <br />1985 c 152 <br />1985 c 152 <br />1985 c 152 <br />1985 c 152 <br />1969 c 275 <br />1969 c 275 <br />1969 c 275 <br />1969 c 275 <br />s63] <br />s5] <br />s5] <br />s5] <br />s5] <br />s5] <br />s 12] <br />s 12] <br />s 12] <br />s 12] <br />• • • ^ • <br />197.23 PURCH^E OF GRAVE MARKERS. <br />Subdivision l\Authorization. The commissioner of veterans a^irs may provide, <br />within available funosand upon request of a county veterans service officer or any con- <br />gressionally charteredveterans organization, an appropriate marker for the grave of <br />any veteran as defined under section 197.447, Any marker provided must be used for <br />memorial purposes to permanently mark the grave of a veteran buried within the limits <br />of the state, // <br />Subd. 2. Account for inarkeKj)urchase. An accounlinust be created by the depart­ <br />ment of finance under the control bf the commissioner of veterans affairs that must be <br />used to purchase markers. The commissioner shall provide the available funds for each <br />county in the ratio of the number of niht^ers plp^d in the county to the tot^ number <br />of markers placed in approximately the s^e ratio as funds that may be received from <br />that county to the total amount of funds T^Yunds of each county includes the county <br />government and any donations from oiganlzations and individuals that are head­ <br />quartered or resident in the county. / <br />History: (4373) 1909 c 299 s 1; 1931 c 363 s 4\l969 c 275 s 6; 3Spl981 c 2 art 1 s <br />28: 1983 c 147 s 2 y/ <br />197.235 VETERANS’ CEMETERY. <br />Subdivision 1. Acquisition^ The department of veteran'i^affairs shall acquire a site <br />in this state to be used to establish a cemetery for the inteR^nent of veterans of the <br />United States armed forces and for qualified family members of^eligible veterans. The <br />approval of the governing body of the county in which the proposed site is to be located <br />must be obtained priorto any acquisition of land for this purpose. The department may <br />receive any land granted to the state or any of its political subdi visionS^for this purpose. <br />Subd, 2. Operation and maintenance. The department of veterar^s affairs shall <br />supervise and control the veterans’ cemetery established under this section^The depart­ <br />ment may contract for the maintenance and operation of the cemetery, All^ersonnel, <br />equipment, and support necessary for maintenance and operation of the cemetej7 must <br />be included in the department’s budget. \ <br />Subd. 3. Eligible veterans. Any veteran who received any discharge, other than a <br />dishonorable discharge, from the armed forces of the United States is eligible for burial <br />in the state veterans’ cemetery and any indigent veteran is eligible for burial in the cem­ <br />etery without charge, except that funds available from the social security burial allow ­ <br />ance, if any. must be paid to the cemetery^ director. <br />- f <br />. f <br />« <br />i <br />t <br />> <br />• ! <br />1 <br />t <br />0 n <br />« «x: <br />i: <br />5 <br />t-ii <br />I <br />V <br />A. <br />T. <br />* <br />* <br />51 <br />..H.-.si <br />* <br />vH <br />•» <br />T X <br />** T