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PRINTER'S NO. 1528
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1421
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, BOBACK, FARRY, FREEMAN, HILL-EVANS,
HOHENSTEIN, JAMES, KERWIN, LABS, MILLARD, PENNYCUICK,
POLINCHOCK, SCHROEDER AND TOMLINSON, MAY 14, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MAY 14, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military Affairs,
further providing for burial details for veterans.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 705(b) of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 705. Burial details for veterans.
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(b) Contracts.--The department may enter into contracts with
a Statewide nonprofit fraternal society that represents various
veterans' groups or may request the services of members of the
Pennsylvania National Guard for the purpose of providing the
burial details authorized by this section. [In any such
contract] If a contract is executed the department shall pay an
amount not exceeding [$150] $250 for each day that the burial
detail is provided, and no other expenses shall be paid by the
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department under the contract.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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