Section 3 - Development, operation, and maintenance of Utah Veterans Cemetery and Memorial Park -- Responsibilities of Department of Veterans and Military Affairs -- Costs -- Definition.

UT Code § 71-7-3 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) The Department of Veterans and Military Affairs, in consultation with the Veterans Memorial Park Board, shall develop, operate, and maintain a veterans cemetery and memorial park.

(2) To help pay the costs of developing, constructing, operating, and maintaining a veterans cemetery and memorial park, the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs may: (a) by following the procedures and requirements of Title 63J, Chapter 5, Federal Funds Procedures Act, receive federal funds, and may receive state funds, contributions from veterans organizations, and other private donations; and (b) charge fees for at least the cost of the burial of a veteran's spouse and any other persons, whom the department and the Veterans Memorial Park Board determines are eligible to be buried in a veterans cemetery established by the state.

(a) by following the procedures and requirements of Title 63J, Chapter 5, Federal Funds Procedures Act, receive federal funds, and may receive state funds, contributions from veterans organizations, and other private donations; and

(b) charge fees for at least the cost of the burial of a veteran's spouse and any other persons, whom the department and the Veterans Memorial Park Board determines are eligible to be buried in a veterans cemetery established by the state.

(3) "Veteran" has the same meaning as defined in Section 68-3-12.5.