Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 417 - Veterans’ Services and Honorary Recognition Related to Military Service
NRS 417.200 - Employment and duties of cemetery superintendent; landscaping.

1. Subject to the limits provided in paragraph (m) of subsection 1 of NRS 417.090, the Director shall employ a cemetery superintendent to operate and maintain each veterans’ cemetery.
2. The cemetery superintendent shall, if a veteran does not indicate by testamentary instrument that the veteran desires to have the area immediately above and surrounding the interred remains of the veteran landscaped with xeriscaping, or if an application for interment submitted pursuant to NRS 417.210 does not indicate that the veteran desires to have the area immediately above and surrounding the interred remains of the veteran landscaped with xeriscaping, ensure that the area immediately above and surrounding the interred remains of the veteran in the veterans’ cemetery is landscaped with natural grass.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 991; A 1995, 2526; 1997, 2589; 2009, 1832; 2013, 2505; 2015, 566; 2019, 58, 131)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 417 - Veterans’ Services and Honorary Recognition Related to Military Service

NRS 417.005 - "Veteran" defined.

NRS 417.009 - Definitions.

NRS 417.010 - "Administrator" defined.

NRS 417.012 - "Department" defined.

NRS 417.013 - "Deputy director" defined.

NRS 417.014 - "Director" defined.

NRS 417.017 - "Veterans service officer" defined.

NRS 417.018 - Regulations.

NRS 417.0185 - Denial based solely on status as discharged veteran who is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender prohibited; policies and procedures.

NRS 417.0187 - Determination and certification by Federal Government deemed proof of status as veteran with a service-connected disability.

NRS 417.0191 - Creation; members; alternates.

NRS 417.0193 - Election of Chair and Vice Chair; meetings; compensation of members; members employed by State or political subdivision; quorum.

NRS 417.0194 - Submission of information relating to veterans and service members by certain state agencies and regulatory bodies; requirements for form used to collect data from veterans; compilation and submission with biennial report of Council.

NRS 417.0195 - Duties; biennial report.

NRS 417.020 - Creation; powers and duties.

NRS 417.030 - Creation of office of Director; appointment and qualifications of Director and deputy directors.

NRS 417.060 - Director and deputy directors: Classification; restrictions on other employment.

NRS 417.090 - Director: General powers and duties.

NRS 417.093 - Outreach and assistance to veterans and members of military who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

NRS 417.095 - Establishment of program to assist in transition to civilian life; requirements for program.

NRS 417.103 - Digital copy of state laws and newly enacted legislation relating to veterans: Biennial preparation and transmittal to veterans; addendum after special session of Legislature; posting of digital copy on Internet website.

NRS 417.105 - Biennial review of report of preferences for local businesses owned and operated by veterans with service-connected disabilities; recommendations.

NRS 417.109 - Annual report on funding of programs and services for veterans: Preparation; contents; transmittal of digital copy to veterans; posting of digital copy on Internet website.

NRS 417.115 - Gift Account for Veterans: Creation; administration; use; interest and income; claims; nonreversion; annual report of expenditures.

NRS 417.119 - Account to Assist Veterans Who Have Suffered Sexual Trauma: Creation; administration; gifts, grants and donations; use; interest and income; claims; nonreversion; annual report of expenditures.

NRS 417.121 - Duties of Director.

NRS 417.123 - Definitions.

NRS 417.124 - "Provider of health care" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] "Provider of health care" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 417.125 - "Veteran" defined.

NRS 417.126 - Questionnaire: Development and posting on Internet website; Director to submit information obtained annually to Division of Public and Behavioral Health of Department of Health and Human Services.

NRS 417.127 - Conduct of public outreach programs; collaboration with nonprofit organizations to identify and refer certain persons to services.

NRS 417.128 - Collaboration with United States Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out duties; annual report.

NRS 417.133 - Disclosure of information concerning certain events or services relating to benefits or entitlements for veterans; exceptions. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 417.135 - Disclosure of information by provider of services to obtain veterans’ benefits in exchange for compensation; exception. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 417.137 - Civil penalty; action for consumer fraud. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 417.145 - Veterans Home Account; Gift Account for the Veterans Home in Southern Nevada; Gift Account for the Veterans Home in Northern Nevada; annual report of expenditures made from those Gift Accounts.

NRS 417.147 - Appointment of administrators; management, maintenance and operation; application for federal grants and other available money; schedule of rates; adult day health care programs.

NRS 417.148 - Revolving accounts: Creation; purpose; transfer of money from Veterans Home Account.

NRS 417.149 - Trust fund for deposit of money belonging to residents of veterans’ home; maintenance of separate accounts for residents with money in fund; written account of money in fund; disposition of residents’ accounts; maintenance of reserve ca...

NRS 417.150 - Creation; membership; removal of member; terms; filling of certain vacancies.

NRS 417.160 - Chair; Vice Chair; Director to provide for minutes and audio recordings or transcripts of meeting; compensation and expenses of members.

NRS 417.170 - Meetings: Frequency; notice to members.

NRS 417.190 - Duties.

NRS 417.200 - Employment and duties of cemetery superintendent; landscaping.

NRS 417.210 - Eligibility for interment; application; number of and assignment of plots; fee for interment of family member.

NRS 417.215 - Program to provide financial assistance to family of veteran for the disinterment of veteran and relocation to veterans’ cemetery: Establishment; gifts, grants and donations; regulations.

NRS 417.220 - Account for Veterans Affairs; Gift Account for Veterans Cemeteries.

NRS 417.230 - Advisory Committees for Veterans Cemeteries: Creation; members; terms; officers; meetings; compensation of members; consultation with Director.

NRS 417.310 - "Committee" defined.

NRS 417.320 - Creation; appointment of members; Chair; terms; vacancies; meetings; quorum; compensation; administrative support.

NRS 417.330 - Duties; biennial report.

NRS 417.400 - Recommendation by Nevada Veterans Services Commission of deceased to be honored.

NRS 417.410 - Nevada Will Always Remember Veterans Gift Account: Creation; donations, gifts and grants; use; interest and income; nonreversion.