Session of 1999
SENATE BILL No. 19
An Act concerning the Kansas commission on veterans
affairs; authorizing the
establishment of a state system of veterans
cemeteries.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) The Kansas
commission of veterans affairs is hereby
authorized to establish and maintain a state system of veterans
cemeteries.
For the purposes of such system, the commission may request,
accept
and take title to any grants or bequests or other donations of
moneys,
other personal property, real property or other assistance from any
per-
son, firm, association or corporation or from any federal, state or
local
governmental agency or other governmental entity. The commission
may
lease, purchase or otherwise acquire title to real property for the
state
system of veterans cemeteries. Subject to the provisions of
subsection (b),
the commission may enter into contracts for the purpose of
establishing
and maintaining the system of veterans cemeteries.
(b) The commission shall not enter into
any contracts pursuant to
subsection (a) after the effective date of this act for the purpose
of estab-
lishing and maintaining the system of veterans cemeteries unless
funds
in an amount equal to 100% of the costs of constructing the
cemeteries
in such system is provided by the federal government.
(c) No more than three applications shall
be submitted to the vet-
erans administration for the state veterans cemetery program grant
after
the effective date of this act. Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed
as applying to grants submitted prior to the effective date of this
act.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the
SENATE, and passed that body
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SENATE concurred in
HOUSE amendments ______________________________
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Passed the HOUSE
as amended ______________________________
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APPROVED ______________________________
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