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MILITARY AND VETERANS CODE
SECTION 960-962



960.  Whenever in any cemetery or place of burial of human remains,
which is established or organized under the authority of the board of
supervisors of any county or the governing body of any city, there
is any known grave of a former soldier, sailor, or marine of the
United States who was not dishonorably discharged from the service,
the officers who manage such cemetery or place of burial shall keep
such grave properly marked and identified, and free from weeds and
rubbish, and keep in decent order and repair and free from
defacement, injury, and unlawful markings any tomb, monument,
gravestone, wall, or other appurtenance to such grave.




960.5.  Whenever in any cemetery or place of burial of human remains
there is any known grave of a former soldier, sailor, or marine of
the United States who was not dishonorably discharged from the
service, the board of supervisors of any county as to territory,
whether incorporated or not, within it, and the governing body of the
city as to territory within it, with the consent of the officers who
manage such cemetery or place of burial, if any may keep such grave
properly marked and identified, and free from weeds and rubbish, and
keep in decent order and repair and free from defacement, injury, and
unlawful markings any tomb, monument, gravestone, wall, or other
appurtenance to such grave.


961.  Any fraternal or benevolent organization which maintains a
plot in a place of burial mentioned in section 960, which is devoted
exclusively to the burial of soldiers, sailors, or marines of the
United States, may apply under this article to the board of
supervisors of the county in which the plot is maintained. Upon a
showing of need, the board may keep the plot free from weeds and
rubbish, and keep in decent order and repair and free from defacement
and injury any tomb, monument, gravestone, wall, or other
appurtenance to the graves in the plot.


962.  The officers who are charged by law with raising money by
taxation for maintaining any such cemetery or place of burial shall
fix the tax levy at an amount sufficient to comply with the
requirements of this article.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Mvc > 960-962

MILITARY AND VETERANS CODE
SECTION 960-962



960.  Whenever in any cemetery or place of burial of human remains,
which is established or organized under the authority of the board of
supervisors of any county or the governing body of any city, there
is any known grave of a former soldier, sailor, or marine of the
United States who was not dishonorably discharged from the service,
the officers who manage such cemetery or place of burial shall keep
such grave properly marked and identified, and free from weeds and
rubbish, and keep in decent order and repair and free from
defacement, injury, and unlawful markings any tomb, monument,
gravestone, wall, or other appurtenance to such grave.




960.5.  Whenever in any cemetery or place of burial of human remains
there is any known grave of a former soldier, sailor, or marine of
the United States who was not dishonorably discharged from the
service, the board of supervisors of any county as to territory,
whether incorporated or not, within it, and the governing body of the
city as to territory within it, with the consent of the officers who
manage such cemetery or place of burial, if any may keep such grave
properly marked and identified, and free from weeds and rubbish, and
keep in decent order and repair and free from defacement, injury, and
unlawful markings any tomb, monument, gravestone, wall, or other
appurtenance to such grave.


961.  Any fraternal or benevolent organization which maintains a
plot in a place of burial mentioned in section 960, which is devoted
exclusively to the burial of soldiers, sailors, or marines of the
United States, may apply under this article to the board of
supervisors of the county in which the plot is maintained. Upon a
showing of need, the board may keep the plot free from weeds and
rubbish, and keep in decent order and repair and free from defacement
and injury any tomb, monument, gravestone, wall, or other
appurtenance to the graves in the plot.


962.  The officers who are charged by law with raising money by
taxation for maintaining any such cemetery or place of burial shall
fix the tax levy at an amount sufficient to comply with the
requirements of this article.


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Mvc > 960-962

MILITARY AND VETERANS CODE
SECTION 960-962



960.  Whenever in any cemetery or place of burial of human remains,
which is established or organized under the authority of the board of
supervisors of any county or the governing body of any city, there
is any known grave of a former soldier, sailor, or marine of the
United States who was not dishonorably discharged from the service,
the officers who manage such cemetery or place of burial shall keep
such grave properly marked and identified, and free from weeds and
rubbish, and keep in decent order and repair and free from
defacement, injury, and unlawful markings any tomb, monument,
gravestone, wall, or other appurtenance to such grave.




960.5.  Whenever in any cemetery or place of burial of human remains
there is any known grave of a former soldier, sailor, or marine of
the United States who was not dishonorably discharged from the
service, the board of supervisors of any county as to territory,
whether incorporated or not, within it, and the governing body of the
city as to territory within it, with the consent of the officers who
manage such cemetery or place of burial, if any may keep such grave
properly marked and identified, and free from weeds and rubbish, and
keep in decent order and repair and free from defacement, injury, and
unlawful markings any tomb, monument, gravestone, wall, or other
appurtenance to such grave.


961.  Any fraternal or benevolent organization which maintains a
plot in a place of burial mentioned in section 960, which is devoted
exclusively to the burial of soldiers, sailors, or marines of the
United States, may apply under this article to the board of
supervisors of the county in which the plot is maintained. Upon a
showing of need, the board may keep the plot free from weeds and
rubbish, and keep in decent order and repair and free from defacement
and injury any tomb, monument, gravestone, wall, or other
appurtenance to the graves in the plot.


962.  The officers who are charged by law with raising money by
taxation for maintaining any such cemetery or place of burial shall
fix the tax levy at an amount sufficient to comply with the
requirements of this article.