GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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HOUSE BILL 340

Short Title:        Weekend Burials/State Veterans Cemeteries.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Shepard, Cleveland, Boles, and Whitmire (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.
Referred to:	Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs.

March 25, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT providing for weekend burials at all of the state's veterans cemeteries.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 65‑44 reads as rewritten:

"§ 65‑44.  Days for burial.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, burial services shall be conducted at the Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery and the Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery all State veterans cemeteries from Monday through Sunday, except when the day for services falls on a State or federal holiday."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.