§ 10-17-11-9 — Veterans' cemetery fund established

Indiana § 10-17-11-9

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 10: PUBLIC SAFETY
• Art. 17: VETERANS' AFFAIRS
• Ch. 11: Indiana State Veterans' Cemetery

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(a) The Indiana state veterans' cemetery fund
is established as a dedicated fund for the purpose of providing money
for planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of the cemetery.
The fund shall be administered by the director of veterans' affairs.
(b) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
money in the fund. The fund consists of the following:
(1) Money appropriated by the general assembly for purposes of
this chapter.
(2) Money donated to the department and designated for use
under this chapter.
(3) Funds received from the federal government.
(4) Funds received in payment for services.
(c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
manner as other public funds may be invested. Interest that accrues
from investments shall be deposited in the fund.
(d) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert
to the state general fund. However, if the fund is abolished by the
budget agency, all money in the fund reverts to the state general fund.
(e) All earnings accruing to the state veterans' cemetery fund is
appropriated continuously for the purposes specified in this section.
(f) Except as provided in subsection (e), money in the fund must be
retained in the fund unless the money is appropriated for a specific
purpose by the general assembly upon the recommendation of the
budget committee.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-5-25-9.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.8.