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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE - RHODE ISLAND VETERANS'

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     Introduced By: Senators Pichardo, Felag, and Walaska

     Date Introduced: April 01, 2015

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

     (Human Services)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 30-24-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 30-24 entitled "Rhode

Island Veterans' Home" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     30-24-9. Property of deceased residents. -- All goods, chattels, property, money, and

effects of a deceased resident of the Rhode Island veterans' home, which have not been disposed

of by him or her by a completed inter vivos conveyance or gift, or by a valid will, after payment

therefrom of the funeral expenses, which shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) ten

thousand dollars ($10,000), and after payment therefrom of the reasonable debts and expenses of

the deceased resident to be determined by rules and regulations as shall be adopted by the

director, shall upon his or her decease become the property of the state, and shall be applied by

the director of human services or his designee to the uses and purposes of the veterans' restricted

account; provided, however, that the director may in his or her discretion deliver to any surviving

relative of the deceased resident any of the property or effects as may serve as a memento of the

deceased resident. For purposes of this section, the provisions of chapter 24 of title 33 shall be

applicable.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

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     This act would increase the permissible funeral expense for a veteran who dies at the

veterans' home from five thousand dollars ($5,000) to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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