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§ 1585. Cemetery design
The Vermont veterans' memorial cemetery identified by section 1584 of this title shall be of contemporary design prepared by an experienced cemetery landscape architect, may accommodate approximately 1,000 graves per acre, and shall allow for freedom of choice by the family of a veteran, a veteran's spouse and a veteran's minor child, who will be interred, of an upright or flat memorialization to mark the grave. Preference shall be given to the use of Vermont granite, Vermont slate, and Vermont marble for all memorialization. The commissioner of buildings and general services shall request and facilitate the availability of memorialization from the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs. (Added 1991, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 24a, eff. June 9, 1992; amended 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(c)(1), eff. May 6, 1996.)
