Iowa Code § 35B.14
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County appropriation burial expenses audit.
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(1) The board of supervisors of each county may appropriate moneys for training an executive director or administrator as provided in section 35B.6, and for the expenses for food, clothing, shelter, utilities, medical benefits, and a funeral for indigent veterans, as defined in section 35.1, as well as for their indigent spouses, surviving spouses, and minor children not over eighteen years of age, who legally reside in the county.
(2) The appropriation shall be expended by the joint action and control of the board of supervisors and the county commission of veteran affairs.
(3) The commission is responsible for the interment in a suitable cemetery of the body of any veteran, as defined in section 35.1, or the spouse, surviving spouse, or child of the person, if the person has died without leaving sufficient means to defray the funeral expenses. The commission may pay the expenses in a sum not exceeding an amount established by the board of supervisors.
(4) Burial expenses shall be paid by the county in which the person resided. The county board of supervisors shall audit and pay the account from the funds provided for in this chapter in the manner as other claims are audited and paid.
83 Acts, ch 123, §99, 209CS83, §250.1485 Acts, ch 67, §28; 88 Acts, ch 1082, §3; 91 Acts, ch 1, §1; 91 Acts, ch 199, §3C93, §35B.1499 Acts, ch 180, §9; 2008 Acts, ch 1130, §7, 10; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §189; 2014 Acts, ch 1116, §46; 2024 Acts, ch 1047, §10
(2) The appropriation shall be expended by the joint action and control of the board of supervisors and the county commission of veteran affairs.
(3) The commission is responsible for the interment in a suitable cemetery of the body of any veteran, as defined in section 35.1, or the spouse, surviving spouse, or child of the person, if the person has died without leaving sufficient means to defray the funeral expenses. The commission may pay the expenses in a sum not exceeding an amount established by the board of supervisors.
(4) Burial expenses shall be paid by the county in which the person resided. The county board of supervisors shall audit and pay the account from the funds provided for in this chapter in the manner as other claims are audited and paid.
83 Acts, ch 123, §99, 209CS83, §250.1485 Acts, ch 67, §28; 88 Acts, ch 1082, §3; 91 Acts, ch 1, §1; 91 Acts, ch 199, §3C93, §35B.1499 Acts, ch 180, §9; 2008 Acts, ch 1130, §7, 10; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §189; 2014 Acts, ch 1116, §46; 2024 Acts, ch 1047, §10
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