Councils' responsibility; burial of servicemen, veterans and dependents.
HRS §363-5
in effect363-5. Councils' responsibility; burial of
servicemen, veterans and dependents.
The councils of the counties of
Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui shall each provide for the establishment of the
veterans cemetery or cemeteries to be located within their respective counties,
which includes grading, filling, leveling, platting, paving of roadways and
walks, installation of curbs, building of fences, planting of grass, trees and
shrubs, erection of memorial buildings and monuments, and building of other
necessary or convenient structures, and shall make provisions for the
maintenance and upkeep of such cemetery or cemeteries. The councils shall each
provide for the interment of the remains, of (1) residents or former residents
of their respective counties who died while in the armed forces of the United
States, and (2) of honorably discharged veterans of the armed forces of the
United States with either peacetime or wartime service and who are residents of
their respective counties at the time of death, or who were former residents,
and (3) of the widows, widowers, or minor children of such deceased servicemen
or veterans, and (4) of the wife, husband, or minor children who predecease a
serviceman or veteran who would be himself entitled to interment provided that
he must subscribe to a statement that he himself will be so interred in the
same veterans cemetery; and provided further that as to former residents, the
cost of transportation of the remains to the county of interment shall be borne
by the family or estate of the deceased.
[L 1947, c 214, §2; RL 1955, §348-2;
am L 1957, c 131, §1; HRS §363-5; am L 1972, c 94, §1]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol07_Ch0346-0398/HRS0363/HRS_0363-0005.htmFetched: 11/10/2026