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Council to consider narrowing county veterans' burial benefit window to two years to match federal rule
Summary
Council members discussed amending the county's burial‑benefit ordinance to add a two‑year filing limit mirroring federal 38 CFR rules; sponsors said the change would prevent late claims and they plan first and second readings at a future meeting.
Council members discussed amending the county burial‑benefit ordinance to add a time limit for claims, with a council member proposing a two‑year limit to match the federal regulation in 38 CFR.
A council member said he wanted to “amend the ordinance while we're already changing the monetary portion of it to include time limits, specifically, maybe to reflect what the federal time limit is. So the 38 CFR says, anybody entitled a surviving…
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