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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
April 23, 2003 - Introduced by Representatives Morris, Musser, Young, Turner,
Pettis, Miller, A. Williams, Coggs, Gronemus, Berceau, Hines, Kreuser, Ott,
Van Roy, Albers, Shilling, Lothian, Suder, Lassa and Weber, cosponsored by
Senators Moore, Zien, Robson, Darling, George and Reynolds. Referred to
Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs.
AB293,1,2
1An Act to create 157.637 of the statutes;
relating to: burial of veterans and
2certain family members at cemeteries.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This law prohibits the owner or operator of a cemetery from prohibiting the
burial of certain veterans and their spouses and dependent children at the cemetery
if the person arranging the burial has the ability to reimburse the owner or operator
for the burial. The veterans, spouses, and dependent children that are subject to the
bill are those persons who are otherwise eligible for burial in a state veteran
cemetery. Exempted from the bill's prohibition are cemeteries that are affiliated with
religious societies.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB293, s. 1
3Section
1. 157.637 of the statutes is created to read:
AB293,2,2
4157.637 Veteran burials. A cemetery authority of a cemetery, other than a
5cemetery that is affiliated with a religious society organized under ch. 187, may not
6prohibit the burial, as defined in s. 157.061 (1), of the human remains of a person
1specified in s. 45.358 (3) (a) to (g) at the cemetery if the person arranging the burial
2has the ability to reimburse the cemetery authority for the burial.
