Veterans; requiring the Military Department to create certain program providing headstone or marker; providing certain burial grant; providing eligibility requirements. Effective date.

Summary

The bill requires the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs to set up a program that provides eligible National Guard veterans with a proper memorial headstone or a $200 reimbursement, as well as a burial grant. Eligibility is limited to those who served at least six years, died as state residents, were honorably discharged, and are not already covered by federal headstone benefits. The program is financed through a newly created National Guard Veteran Burial Revolving Fund.

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