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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1355 By: Nice
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to veterans; requiring the Oklahoma
7 Department of Veterans Affairs to create certain
8 program to provide certain headstone or marker;
8 providing certain requirements for certain headstone
9 or marker; providing certain burial grant for certain
9 eligible persons; providing certain eligibility
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11 codification; and providing an effective date.
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 37 of Title 72, unless there is
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17 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall establish
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19 a program to provide any eligible person or veteran of the Oklahoma
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20 National Guard who meets the requirements set forth in subsection B
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21 of this section to receive either a proper memorial headstone or
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22 marker meeting the same physical standards for size, material,
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23 composition, placement, and informational content of the provisions
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24 of 38 U.S.C., Section 2306 or Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for
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1 reimbursement for a memorial headstone or marker. The program shall
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2 provide a burial grant for any veteran or any person who qualifies
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3 for reimbursement, as determined by the Oklahoma Department of
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4 Veterans Affairs. Reimbursement shall be provided from the National
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5 Guard Veteran Burial Revolving Fund established in Section 2 of this
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7 B. To be eligible for the program, the member shall:
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8 1. Have served six (6) or more years in the Oklahoma National
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9 Guard;
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10 2. Have died as a resident of this state;
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11 3. Have been separated or discharged from service honorably or
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12 under honorable conditions; and
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13 4. Not qualify to receive a proper memorial headstone or marker
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14 pursuant to 38 U.S.C., Section 2306.
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15 C. An application process for the implementation of this
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16 program shall be developed by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans
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18 D. The Oklahoma Veterans Commission shall promulgate any rules
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19 necessary for the implementation of this act.
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20 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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21 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 38 of Title 72, unless there is
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23 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
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24 to be designated the "National Guard Veteran Burial Revolving Fund",
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1 which shall be administered by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans
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2 Affairs. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal
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3 year limitations, and shall consist of any legislative
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4 appropriations, donations, and gifts received from any individuals
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5 or organizations. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are
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6 appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma
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7 Department of Veterans Affairs to provide a proper memorial
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8 headstone or marker to an eligible person or veteran of the Oklahoma
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9 National Guard who meets the requirements set forth in Section 1 of
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11 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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