REFERENCE TITLE: state trust lands; veterans' cemeteries

State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session 2010

HB 2188

Introduced by Representatives Weiers JP, Gowan: Crump, Seel

 

AN ACT

 

Amending title 37, chapter 2, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 37-445; relating to veterans' cemeteries.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 37, chapter 2, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 37-445, to read:

START_STATUTE37-445.  Use of trust lands for veterans' cemeteries

The commissioner shall make available to the department of veterans' services parcels of trust land of up to two hundred fifty acres each for lease as veterans' cemeteries.  The parcels must be located in selected urbanized areas chosen by the department of veterans' services according to need.  The department of veterans' services shall establish and operate the cemeteries pursuant to section 41-603, subsection C, paragraph 2. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Legislative finding

As trustee of lands granted to this state for the purposes enumerated in the Arizona-New Mexico Enabling Act (Act of June 20, 1910; 36 Stat. 557), the legislature finds that the lease of trust lands for veterans' cemeteries is consistent with the several objects for which the lands were granted and is an appropriate fiduciary act.