<br><br> <br>Page 1 of 1 <br>40.360 Veterans' Service Organization Burial Honor Guard Program. <br>(1) The Commonwealth of Kentucky recognizes the vast majority of honorable burials <br>for Kentuckians who have served their state and nation in the Armed Forces are <br>conducted by the veterans' service organizations. The active military units in <br>Kentucky, the Kentucky National Guard, and the military reserves are providing <br>burial honors details as available manpower permits. Year 2000 data from the <br>Department of Defense shows over 497,000 veterans died, but only 91,074 military <br>funeral honors were performed. Although the veterans' service organizations <br>provide untold thousands of unofficial services, many Kentucky veterans are still <br>being buried without honors, including firing details, color guard, and pallbearers. <br>(2) To correct this situation, the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall oversee a <br>Veterans' Service Organization Burial Honor Guard Program. <br>(3) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall implement and administer the provisions <br>of this section through the promulgation of administrative regulations. These <br>regulations shall be in accordance with the provisions of KRS Chapter 13A. <br>Effective: July 1, 2002 <br>History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 43, sec. 1, effective July 1, 2002. <br><br>