2015 -- H 5929

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE - RHODE ISLAND VETERANS'

HOME

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Azzinaro, Malik, Carnevale, Craven, and Kennedy

     Date Introduced: March 19, 2015

     Referred To: House Finance

     (Dept. Human Services)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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applicable.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

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RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE - RHODE ISLAND VETERANS'

HOME

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

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

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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