2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense
CHAPTER 30-25 - Burial of Veterans
§ 30-25-14 - Rhode Island veterans' memorial cemetery. [Effective July 1, 2010.].

SECTION 30-25-14

   § 30-25-14  Rhode Island veterans' memorial cemetery. [Effective until July 1, 2010.]. – The Rhode Island veterans' memorial cemetery located on the grounds of the Joseph H. Ladd school in the town of Exeter shall be under the management and control of the director of the department of human services. The director of the department of human services shall have the general supervision over and shall prescribe rules for the government and management of the cemetery. He or she shall make all needful rules and regulations governing the operation of the cemetery and generally may do all things necessary to insure the successful operation thereof. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations, not inconsistant with the provisions of 38 USCS § 2402, to govern the eligibility for burial in the Rhode Island veterans' memorial cemetery. In addition to all persons eligible for burial pursuant to rules and regulations established by the director, any person who served in the army, navy, air force, or marine corps of the United States for a period of not less than two (2) years and whose service was terminated honorably, shall be eligible for burial in the Rhode Island veterans' memorial cemetery. The director shall appoint and employ all subordinate officials and persons needed for the proper management of the cemetery. National Guard members who are killed in the line of duty or who are honorably discharged after completion of at least twenty (20) years' of service in the Rhode Island National Guard and their spouse shall be eligible for internment in the Rhode Island Veterans' Memorial Cemetery. For the purpose of computing service under this section, honorable service in the active forces or reserves shall be considered toward the twenty (20) years of National Guard service. The general assembly shall make an annual appropriation to the department of human services to provide for the operation and maintenance for the cemetery. The director shall charge and collect a grave liner fee per interment of the eligible spouse and/or eligible dependents of the qualified veteran equal to the Department's cost for the grave liner.