§ 30-25-13. Acceptance and administration of gifts.
The director of human services may accept in the name of the state, and may administer, any devise, bequest, or gift that is to be expended for the general purposes of this chapter. All sums received by devise, bequest, or gift from any person or corporation shall be deposited with the general treasurer, and by him or her kept in a special fund, to be known as “the veterans’ cemetery fund”, and held subject to the order of the director.
History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 117, § 11; P.L. 1928, ch. 1188, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 655, § 12, impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 80; impl. am. P.L. 1949, ch. 2166, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2724, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 30-25-13; P.L. 1986, ch. 76, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 233, § 4; P.L. 2009, ch. 234, § 4; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 9, § 6; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 47.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense
Chapter 30-25 - Burial of Veterans
Section 30-25-1. - Firing squad for funerals.
Section 30-25-2. - Appropriations for firing squads.
Section 30-25-3. - Burial at public expense.
Section 30-25-5. - Place of burial — Disinterment from pauper cemetery.
Section 30-25-7. - Veterans dying in state institutions.
Section 30-25-8. - Maintenance of north cemetery.
Section 30-25-9. - Expenses of north cemetery.
Section 30-25-10. - Care of neglected graves.
Section 30-25-11. - Consent of custodian of neglected grave.
Section 30-25-12. - Appropriations for care of graves.
Section 30-25-13. - Acceptance and administration of gifts.
Section 30-25-14. - Rhode Island veterans’ memorial cemetery.