(a)Military department, with the approval of the
veterans' commission, may acquire a site in this state to be
used to establish a cemetery for the interment of veterans of
the United States armed forces and for qualified family members
of eligible veterans. The approval of the local governing body
of the county in which the proposed site is located shall be
obtained prior to any acquisition of land for this purpose. The
department, with the approval of the commission, is empowered to
receive any lands granted to the state or any of its political
subdivisions. All military cemeteries currently owned by the
state of Wyoming shall be operated and controlled by the
military department.
(b)The military department shall supervise and control a
veterans' cemetery established under this section.
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(a) Military department, with the approval of the
veterans' commission, may acquire a site in this state to be
used to establish a cemetery for the interment of veterans of
the United States armed forces and for qualified family members
of eligible veterans. The approval of the local governing body
of the county in which the proposed site is located shall be
obtained prior to any acquisition of land for this purpose. The
department, with the approval of the commission, is empowered to
receive any lands granted to the state or any of its political
subdivisions. All military cemeteries currently owned by the
state of Wyoming shall be operated and controlled by the
military department.
(b) The military department shall supervise and control a
veterans' cemetery established under this section. All
personnel, equipment and support necessary for maintenance and
operation of the cemetery shall be included in the budget of the
military department. All employees shall be under the state
personnel system.
(c) Any veteran who received any discharge, other than a
dishonorable discharge, from the armed forces of the United
States is eligible for burial in the state veterans' cemetery
and any indigent veteran shall be buried in the cemetery without
charge except that any funds that are made available from the
veteran's administration and the social security burial
allowance shall be paid to the cemetery director. Such funds
collected shall be applied to the cemetery for capital
improvements, operations or maintenance and shall not be paid to
the general fund of the state.
(d) Any eligible veteran, qualified family member, or the
survivors of an eligible veteran or qualified family member, or
a county under W.S. 19-14-101, in the veteran's behalf, may
apply for a burial plot in the state veterans' cemetery by
submitting a request to the cemetery director on forms supplied
by the military department and available from the cemetery
director. The department, in consultation with the commission,
shall allot available burial plots on a first come, first served
basis. There shall be no charge made for any burial plot. There
shall be no charge for the interment of any eligible veteran.
The director of the Oregon Trail veteran's cemetery shall apply
to the veterans administration for payment of any allowable plot
or interment allowance.
(e) A spouse or a handicapped or minor child of a veteran
who qualifies for burial as provided in subsection (c) of this
section may also qualify for burial in the state veterans'
cemetery, if the interment of the qualified family member is in
the same burial plot as that provided for the veteran and the
interment is either above or below the veteran. The department,
in consultation with the commission, shall establish a fee
schedule which may be adjusted from time to time for burial of
family members. The fees shall cover as nearly as practicable
the actual costs of interments. The department, in consultation
with the commission, may accept the social security burial
allowance, if any, of the qualified family member in an amount
not to exceed the actual cost of the interment.