Bill Text: VA HB1044 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Military spouses; burial fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-15 - Left in Appropriations [HB1044 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2022-HB1044-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1044 Offered January 12, 2022 Prefiled January 12, 2022 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 44 an article numbered 14, consisting of a section numbered 44-122.1, relating to burial fees for military spouses. ---------- Patron-- Guzman ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 44 an article numbered 14, consisting of a section numbered 44-122.1, as follows:

Article 14. Burial Fees for Military Spouses.

§44-122.1. Burial fee for military spouses.

From such funds as may be appropriated, the Commonwealth shall pay any burial fee charged for the burial of a spouse of an active duty member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces, or the surviving spouse of such member or veteran, at a veterans cemetery operated by the Department of Veteran Services. The Department of Veterans Services shall develop guidelines concerning the administration of this section.