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Ohio Rev Code § 5901.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.19 | Order to Maintain Dignified Burial Site or for Removal and Reinterment - Maximum Expense to Be Specified.

Effective: July 22, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 448 - 120th General Assembly|Within thirty days after the next succeeding regular meeting, the veterans service commission shall act upon any petition presented as provided by section 5901.18 of the Revised Code, and, if true, it shall issue an order to maintain a dignified burial site with the agreement of the petitioners, or direct the removal of the remains of the deceased veteran or veterans to the cemetery designated in the petition, within the municipal corporation or township, in which the remains are then to be buried, and the commission shall specify in the order the maximum expense of the proposed removal and reinterment, including the expense incurred by the commission. The order shall designate the persons who shall have charge of the burial or removal and reinterment.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.20 | Verified Statement of Burial or Removal.

Effective: September 14, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 626 - 117th General Assembly|Upon the completion of the burial or removal and reinterment of a deceased veteran, the persons having charge thereof shall make an itemized statement, and shall verify and file such statement with the veterans service commission, which shall, at the next regular meeting, act upon such expense account and file it with the county auditor forthwith, at which time it shall become a charge upon the county in which the interment or reinterment is made.Such expense shall be audited and the auditor shall issue a warrant for it on the county treasurer, who shall pay such warrant out of the general fund of the county.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.21 | Purchase of Additional Plots.

Effective: September 14, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 626 - 117th General Assembly|If it becomes necessary to purchase additional plots of ground in any cemetery in which a veterans plot has been filled with graves to its capacity, sections 5901.16 to 5901.24 of the Revised Code do not prevent the purchase of such additional plots.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.22 | Contracts With Cemetery Associations for Purchase and Maintenance of Plots.

Effective: July 22, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 448 - 120th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners, the board of townships trustees, or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may enter into contracts with cemetery associations providing for the purchase and maintenance, in cemeteries within the county, of plots of ground for the burial of deceased veterans and the deceased spouses of veterans. Any such purchase may be made either by cash or by installment payments. The purchase price and maintenance cost of all such burial plots shall be paid from the treasury of the county, township, or municipal corporation contracting for such plots.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.23 | Plots Open for Burial on Application.

Effective: July 22, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 448 - 120th General Assembly|Any veterans plot owned or maintained by any county, township, or municipal corporation shall be open for the burial of the body of any deceased veteran on application by a relative of the decedent or other proper person responsible for the disposition of the remains to the county, township, or municipal corporation owning or maintaining the plot.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.24 | Burial in Cemetery Not Provided With Plot.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 117 - 122nd General Assembly|If it is desired to bury the body or cremated remains of any deceased veteran in any cemetery not having a burial plot as provided by section 5901.22 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners, any board of township trustees, or the legislative authority of any municipal corporation in the county in which the cemetery is situated may purchase a space for the grave of the veteran or the veteran's cremated remains, provide for the care of the plot, and pay the amount of the purchase price and maintenance cost from the funds in the treasury of the county, township, or municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.25 | Commission to Contract for Burial of Indigent Veteran, Parent, Spouse or Surviving Spouse of Veteran.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 117 - 122nd General Assembly|The board of county commissioners shall require the veterans service commission, upon application and with the approval of the family or friends of the deceased, to contract, at a fair and reasonable price, with the funeral director selected by the family or friends, and cause to be interred or cremated in a decent and respectable manner the body of any veteran, or the parent, spouse, or surviving spouse of any such veteran, who dies without the means to defray the necessary funeral or cremation expenses. Such a burial may be made in any cemetery or burial ground within the state, other than those used exclusively for the burial of paupers and criminals.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.26 | Duties of Commission as to Burial of Indigent.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 117 - 122nd General Assembly|Pursuant to section 5901.25 of the Revised Code, the veterans service commission shall use the forms of contracts prescribed by sections 5901.25 to 5901.32 of the Revised Code, and abide by the regulations provided by such sections. The commission shall see that funeral directors furnish all items specified in the contract, that when the benefits of such sections are claimed the entire amount to be contributed by the county toward the cost of the burial or cremation shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars, and that any remaining costs are paid by the family or friends of the deceased.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.27 | Commission to Determine Indigency - Report to County Commissioners.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 117 - 122nd General Assembly|Before assuming the charge and expense of any burial or cremation, the veterans service commission, pursuant to section 5901.25 of the Revised Code, shall satisfy itself, beyond a reasonable doubt, by careful inquiry, that the family of the deceased is unable, for want of means, to defray the expenses of the burial or cremation, or that the family may be deprived of means actually necessary for its immediate support. Thereupon the commission shall cause the deceased to be buried or cremated and make a report thereof to the board of county commissioners. The report shall set forth that the commission found the family of the deceased person in indigent circumstances and unable to pay the expenses of burial or cremation. The report shall also set forth the name of the deceased, the rank and command to which the deceased belonged if a veteran, the date of death, the place of burial or disposition made of the person's cremated remains, the occupation while living, and an accurate itemized statement of the expenses incurred by reason of the burial or cremation.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.28 | Death of Inmate of Home.

Effective: July 22, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 448 - 120th General Assembly|Upon the death of an inmate of any home for indigent parents, spouses, or surviving spouses of veterans, the manager of the home may, upon a certificate signed by the attending physician of the home, certify as to the death of the inmate to the board of county commissioners of the county from which the parent, spouse, or surviving spouse was admitted to the home, and the board shall proceed as provided in section 5901.32 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.29 | Funeral Directors' Blanks.

Effective: May 9, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 495 - 123rd General Assembly|The funeral director employed to perform the service described by section 5901.25 of the Revised Code shall use the blanks provided by this section, specifying what the funeral director is to furnish for the service. The contract shall be signed by the funeral director and a copy thereof left with the veterans service commission with which it is made. Such contract shall read as follows:"I ________________, funeral director, residing at _________________ hereby agree to furnish the following items for the burial or cremation (circle one) of _______________, who resided at ___________________, and died ______________, _________, which shall consist of:(A) One casket, nicely covered with a good quality of black cloth, lined with a good quality of white satin or other material, and trimmed on the outside with handles of a fair quality in keeping with the casket;(B) One burial robe of a good quality of material;(C) One plain box appropriate for receiving the coffin or urn containing cremated remains inside the grave;(D) Payment for digging the grave, in the place designated by the friends of the deceased or as otherwise provided, and for filling the grave in a proper manner;(E) Furnishing a funeral car for conveying the remains to the place of burial or crematory;(F) Preparing the body for burial when so requested;(G) Furnishing necessary transportation for the use of the family, friends, and pallbearers, which people shall be returned to their respective homes or to the place where the funeral services were held;(H) Furnishing a decent, respectable funeral, for the sum of ______ dollars."
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.30 | Presentation of Itemized Bill and Contract to County Auditor.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 117 - 122nd General Assembly|The funeral director shall present the itemized bill and contract, as approved by the veterans service commission, to the county auditor, upon printed blanks furnished by the auditor, and make an oath that the funeral director has honestly and faithfully performed the contract, that the bill and contract attached is a true copy of the one left with the parties who engaged the funeral director's services, and that the bill covers the entire expense of the service described by section 5901.25 of the Revised Code, in order to obtain the auditor's warrant. The auditor shall have the necessary blanks printed and distribute them to the veterans service commission, from whom they may be procured by funeral directors.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.31 | Savings on Expenses to Remain in County General Fund - Delay Where Additional Funds Coming to Family.

Effective: July 22, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 448 - 120th General Assembly|If a saving of money is effected by reason of the loan of automobiles, ownership of a cemetery lot, or other items mentioned in the bill of expenses under section 5901.30 of the Revised Code, the amount of such saving shall remain in the general fund of the county. If it appears that life insurance or any additional funds are coming to the family of the deceased, the veterans service commission shall withhold its signature to the itemized bill and contract until such matters are definitely settled.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.32 | Record - Expenses - Headstone.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 117 - 122nd General Assembly|Upon securing the report and statement of expenses as provided by section 5901.27 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall transcribe in a book to be kept for that purpose, all the facts contained in the report concerning a deceased veteran, and shall certify the expenses thus incurred to the county auditor, who shall draw a warrant for those expenses upon the county treasurer, to be paid from the county fund to such persons as are designated by the board. Upon the death of any indigent veteran residing within the county at the time of death and the burial of the indigent veteran or the indigent veteran's cremated remains, the board shall make application to the proper authorities, under the United States government, for a suitable headstone, as provided by act of congress, and shall cause it to be placed at the grave of the deceased veteran or the deceased veteran's cremated remains.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.34 | Permanent Markers and Temporary Memorial Day Markers for Graves of Veterans.

Effective: July 22, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 448 - 120th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners shall, upon the petition of any five veterans of any township or municipal corporation in its county, procure for and furnish to the petitioners a suitable and durable marker for the grave of each veteran buried in the limits of the township or municipal corporation. The name of the veteran and the company, regiment, or other command in which he served may be inscribed upon the marker. The marker shall be placed on the grave by the petitioners for the purpose of permanently marking and designating the grave for memorial purposes. The board may also provide a temporary memorial day marker for each veteran's grave within the limits of the county, upon the petition of any memorial day association or veterans organization having charge of memorial day ceremonies conducted within the cemetery where veterans are buried. The board shall provide for the payment of the necessary expense of placing and setting such permanent and temporary markers.The petitioners shall state in their petition the names of veterans buried and the number of such graves in their township or municipal corporation at the time of petitioning, and shall describe the form and character of the markers which they desire to have placed at such graves.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.35 | Care of Graves of Veterans.

Effective: September 14, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 626 - 117th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners shall provide for the proper care of the graves of all veterans, and of confederate soldiers, sailors, and marines who are buried in lots used exclusively for the benefit of veterans and confederate soldiers, sailors, and marines in cemeteries or burying grounds.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.36 | County or Municipal Corporation May Provide Land for Veterans' Facilities.

Effective: July 22, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 448 - 120th General Assembly|For the purpose of enabling counties or municipal corporations to aid and facilitate the construction of veterans' facilities operated by the United States department of veterans affairs as a public works project of the government of the United States, the board of county commissioners of any county or the legislative authority of any municipal corporation may acquire lands by purchase or deed of gift for the purpose of providing a suitable site and grounds in such county for veterans' facilities to be constructed, maintained, and operated by the United States, and may grant the ownership or use and occupation of such lands to the United States for such purpose.Payment for lands so purchased shall be made from the general fund of the county.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.37 | Care of Portion of Cemetery Set Apart for Burial of Veterans.

Effective: September 14, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 626 - 117th General Assembly|In any county having a cemetery or part of it set apart for the burial of veterans, or containing a monument erected to their memory, or containing monuments and memorials erected by private or public expense to the memory of veterans, the board of county commissioners shall care for and properly preserve that portion of the cemetery so set apart for the burial of such veterans, and shall care for and properly preserve the monuments or memorials, and the board shall pay all expenses incident to such care and preservation from the general fund of the county.
Ohio Rev Code § 5901.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions|Section 5901.99 | Misrepresentation of Veteran Status.

Effective: June 15, 2000|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 120 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) No person who is not a veteran, an active-duty member of the armed forces of the United States, or the spouse, surviving spouse, dependent parent, minor child, or ward of a veteran or an active-duty member of the armed forces of the United States shall knowingly represent that the person is a veteran, an active-duty member of the armed forces of the United States, or the spouse, surviving spouse, dependent parent, minor child, or ward of a veteran or an active-duty member of the armed forces of the United States and is eligible for any benefits or financial assistance related to veteran status for the purpose of receiving such benefits or financial assistance.(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of misrepresentation of veteran status, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Ohio Rev Code § 5902.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5902 | Veterans' Services|Section 5902.01 | Appointment of Director - Employment of Personnel.

Effective: August 22, 2008|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 289 - 127th General Assembly|The person appointed to the position of director of veterans services shall be an honorably discharged or honorably separated veteran of the United States armed forces. The department of veterans services shall employ administrative and technical personnel as are necessary to perform the general and specific duties of the department. For positions within the department, the director shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing a program, which the director shall implement, giving hiring preferences to veterans.
Ohio Rev Code § 5902.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5902 | Veterans' Services|Section 5902.03 | Duplicating Certificates of Discharge and Separation.

Effective: August 22, 2008|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 289 - 127th General Assembly|The director of veterans services may microfilm or otherwise duplicate all or any part of copies of original certificates of discharge and separation submitted by Ohio veterans. The director may prepare and maintain files of such microfilmed certificates of discharge and separation in such manner that they may readily be available for the use of the department of veterans services, authorized veterans service officers of the several congressionally chartered veterans organizations, and county veterans service officers of the several counties of the state in support of applications for compensation, pension, medical, or domiciliary care, or other state and federal benefits provided for eligible veterans or their dependents or survivors.The director may make copies of such microfilmed certificates of discharge and separation for storage under secure conditions to assure their preservation, and for supply to qualified veterans or their dependents or survivors or to interested and authorized veterans organizations to aid such organizations in their programs of veterans aid and assistance.
Ohio Rev Code § 5902.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs|Chapter 5902 | Veterans' Services|Section 5902.04 | Director to Furnish Information and Advice to Veterans.

Effective: August 22, 2008|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 289 - 127th General Assembly|(A) Upon application, the director of veterans services shall furnish necessary instructions and advice to the veterans of the state, their heirs, or their legal representatives, respecting their claims against the United States or the state for pensions, bounty, bonus, back pay, or otherwise, by reason of military service. (B) The director or the director's representative may examine the files of any veterans service commission that pertain to either of the following classes of persons to determine the custody, use, or confidentiality of any documents in those files:(1) Applicants for, or recipients or former recipients of, financial assistance under sections 5901.01 to 5901.15 of the Revised Code;(2) Applicants for federal, state, or county benefits under those sections.(C)(1) No information or documents obtained by examinations conducted under division (B) of this section shall be considered part of the public records of the department of veterans services. The director may disclose information or documents that the director obtains pursuant to an examination conducted under division (B) of this section and that personally identify an applicant, recipient, or former recipient described in that division, if either of the following applies:(a) The director considers the disclosure necessary to enforce compliance with Chapter 5901. of the Revised Code.(b) For the purposes and under the circumstances authorized under division (E) of section 5901.09 of the Revised Code.(2) In all other cases, the director shall maintain the confidentiality of information or documents that the director obtains pursuant to an examination under division (B) of this section and that personally identify an applicant, recipient, or former recipient described in that division.