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Committee advances bill adding $100,000 to neglected-cemetery fund to cover veterans graves
Summary
The Veterans and Military Affairs Committee voted to advance SB282, which expands eligibility for an existing neglected-cemetery grant pool to include neglected veterans graves and provides a $100,000 appropriation; members debated whether the bill creates new accountability or shifts costs to municipalities.
The Veterans and Military Affairs Committee on March 10 approved a joint favorable substitute for SB282 to the House floor that expands an existing neglected‑cemetery grant pool to make neglected veterans graves eligible and adds a $100,000 appropriation to that fund.
The substitute language, described by the committee chair, does not create new enforcement mechanisms but makes veterans graves eligible to apply for money already in the neglected-cemetery account. “It appropriates $100,000 to the neglected cemetery fund, which is an…
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