2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 41 Military Forces
Section 41.958. Honor detail, training--rules.
Honor detail, training--rules.
41.958. 1. When requested by the commander of any recognized veterans' organization, military commander or by any friend or relative of a deceased person or the director of a funeral home for any deceased person who served in the armed forces of the United States during a time of war or is otherwise entitled to military honors at the person's burial, internment or memorial service, the adjutant general shall, subject to appropriation, order the appropriate requested uniformed honor detail to attend and render the appropriate services or request and coordinate the appropriate detail with a recognized veterans' organization. Subject to appropriation, the adjutant general shall ensure that appropriate service records are collected authorizing the honor detail, shall ensure that the honor detail meets the appropriate military requirements for uniform and conduct, shall ensure that if a recognized veterans' organization renders the services, the organization is compensated for services through the Missouri national guard trust fund, shall provide assistance in training honor details for recognized veterans' organizations, and shall serve as the coordinator for military funerals and such details when requested. The amount paid veterans' organizations shall be determined by the adjutant general. The amount authorized by this section shall be paid from funds appropriated from the Missouri national guard trust fund.
2. The adjutant general shall promulgate rules to administer the provisions of this section. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the authority of this section shall be effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536.
(L. 1998 H.B. 1519 & 1165)CROSS REFERENCE:
General assembly may appropriate money from veterans' commission capital improvement trust fund to Missouri national guard trust fund to support honor details, 313.835
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