H.
B.
4108
(By Delegates Bennett and Farris)
[Introduced January 24, 1994; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article five, chapter thirty-five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section seven, relating to cemeteries; and prohibiting any cemetery from charging more than fifty dollars to set a United States memorial affairs grave marker.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five, chapter thirty-five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section seven, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. CEMETERIES.
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Charges for setting United States memorial affairs
grave markers.
A public or private cemetery may not charge the survivor of a veteran of the United States armed forces more than fifty dollars for setting a United States department of memorial affairs grave marker at the grave of a deceased veteran, except that a cemetery may charge a reasonable additional fee for installation off the premises.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit public and private cemeteries from charging the survivor of a veteran of the United States armed forces more than fifty dollars to set a United States department of memorial affairs grave marker within the cemetery.
§35-5-7 is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.