Chapter 238

2015 -- H 5929 Enacted 07/10/2015

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RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE - RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME

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

Date Introduced: March 19, 2015

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 home that 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 services services, or his designee designee, to the uses and purposes of

the veterans' restricted account; provided, however, that the director may may, in his or her

discretion 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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