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Benton County staff recommends keeping veteran grave payments after state rule repeal; supervisors keep rate and raise budget
Summary
County staff told supervisors that Iowa Code section 35B0.17 has been repealed, so payments for veteran grave care are no longer required by state law. Benton County staff recommended retaining the current $5-per-grave payment; supervisors agreed to keep the rate and to increase the budgeted line for care-of-graves from $1,500 to $3,000.
BENTON COUNTY — County staff told the Board of Supervisors that Iowa Code section 35B0.17, the state provision governing maintenance‑of‑graves payments, has been repealed and that the change removes any state requirement that the county pay for veterans’ graves.
As a result, county staff presented an inventory of local cemeteries and invoices and recommended that the county keep its current payment level of $5 per veteran grave, noting Benton County already ranks “one of the highest paying counties in the state” under that program. “Since that code section’s been repealed, there’s no laws or anything that require us to pay…
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