1. There is hereby established a program to provide financial assistance to the family of a veteran who is interred in a cemetery that is not a veterans’ cemetery for the disinterment of the veteran and relocation to a veterans’ cemetery.
2. The Director may apply for and accept gifts, grants and donations or other sources of money for the purpose of carrying out the program established pursuant to subsection 1, which must be deposited in the Account for Veterans Affairs, created by NRS 417.220. The money deposited pursuant to this section must be accounted for separately. The Director shall administer the Account and all claims against the Account must be paid out on claims as other claims against the State are paid upon approval by the Director before they are paid. Money deposited in the Account for Veterans Affairs pursuant to this section must be used only for the purposes authorized by this section and must not be reverted to any other fund, account or use.
3. The Director shall adopt regulations prescribing the process for submission of an application by a member of a veteran’s family and the criteria for the award of financial assistance pursuant to the program established by subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2907)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 417 - Veterans’ Services and Honorary Recognition Related to Military Service
NRS 417.005 - "Veteran" defined.
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 417.0191 - Creation; members; alternates.
NRS 417.0195 - Duties; biennial report.
NRS 417.020 - Creation; powers and duties.
NRS 417.060 - Director and deputy directors: Classification; restrictions on other employment.
NRS 417.090 - Director: General powers and duties.
NRS 417.121 - Duties of Director.
NRS 417.125 - "Veteran" defined.
NRS 417.137 - Civil penalty; action for consumer fraud. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
NRS 417.148 - Revolving accounts: Creation; purpose; transfer of money from Veterans Home Account.
NRS 417.150 - Creation; membership; removal of member; terms; filling of certain vacancies.
NRS 417.170 - Meetings: Frequency; notice to members.
NRS 417.200 - Employment and duties of cemetery superintendent; landscaping.
NRS 417.220 - Account for Veterans Affairs; Gift Account for Veterans Cemeteries.
NRS 417.310 - "Committee" defined.
NRS 417.330 - Duties; biennial report.
NRS 417.400 - Recommendation by Nevada Veterans Services Commission of deceased to be honored.