FINAL BILL REPORT

                   SB 5736

                          C 286 L 97

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Increasing county burial costs for indigent deceased veterans.

Sponsors:  Senators Roach, Winsley, Oke, Benton, Schow, Snyder, Heavey, Bauer and Rasmussen.

Senate Committee on Government Operations

House Committee on Trade & Economic Development

Background:  Each county legislative authority must inter at the expense of the county any honorably discharged veterans and the wives, husbands, minor children, widows or widowers of these veterans who are indigent.  The interment must not cost more than $300.  This sum may also be paid to relatives or friends who conduct a burial for the above-mentioned indigent.

Summary:  The interment cost of not more than $300 is changed to not more than a limit established by the county legislative authority.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate 45 0

House     95 0 (House amended)

Senate    40 0 (Senate concurred)

Effective:  July 27, 1997