§ 19-14-101 — Burial of indigents

Wyoming § 19-14-101

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 19: Defense Forces and Affairs
• Ch. 14: VETERANS

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(a) The board of county commissioners of each county shall
provide for the preparation of the body and transmittal to and
burial in the veteran's cemetery of any other than a
dishonorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the
United States who served on behalf of the United States in any
war or conflict as defined in section 101, title 38, United
States Code and who dies leaving insufficient funds to defray
the necessary funeral expenses. The amount expended for
transporting the body shall not exceed five hundred dollars
($500.00). The amount paid under this section for burial shall
not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00). Each
board shall account for the county expenses incurred under this
subsection during a fiscal year. By August 1 of each year, a
county may request reimbursement by the department of family
services for the expenses incurred under this subsection for the
preceding fiscal year. The department of family services shall
reimburse the expenses in accordance with W.S. 35-1-428(c).
(b) Before assuming charge and expense for preparation and
transmittal of the body and burial, each board of county
commissioners shall first determine according to procedures
they establish that the deceased veteran of the armed forces of
the United States whose body they are called upon to bury served
in the armed forces of the United States during World War II or
any preceding war in which the United States was a party or
during the Korean or Vietnam conflicts, was other than
dishonorably discharged and died in the county leaving
insufficient means to defray the necessary funeral expenses.
(c) The county commissioners of each county, shall:
(i) Keep a complete record of all the facts relating
to any veteran of the armed forces of the United States who is
buried in accordance with this section; and
(ii) Draw a warrant on the treasurer of their county
for the payment of the expenses out of the general funds of the
county.