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Burial details for veterans - 51 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 705

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     § 705.  Burial details for veterans.
        (a)  Authority.--The department shall have the power to
     arrange for burial details for veteran soldiers who are to be
     interred in the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
        (b)  Contracts.--The department may enter into contracts with
     a Statewide nonprofit fraternal society that represents various
     veterans' groups for the purpose of providing the burial details
     authorized by this section. In any such contract the department
     shall pay an amount not exceeding $150 for each day that the
     burial detail is provided, and no other expenses shall be paid
     by the department under the contract.
        (c)  Terms.--Any burial detail contract entered into under
     this section shall include the following terms:
            (1)  A minimum of three veterans shall participate in the
        burial detail.
            (2)  The veterans shall be similarly uniformed and
        equipped.
            (3)  A bugler shall perform taps or a recording of taps
        may be played over the tape recording system of the cemetery.
            (4)  The party under the contract shall indemnify and
        hold harmless the department and the Commonwealth from any
        claims arising out of the performance of the burial details.
        (d)  Insurance.--Any veterans organization, the members of
     which perform a burial detail pursuant to this section, shall
     provide liability insurance for the burial details in such
     amount as prescribed by the department.
        (e)  Regulations.--The department shall promulgate the rules
     and regulations necessary to carry out this section.
     (May 7, 1998, P.L.355, No.56, eff. July 1, 1998)

        1998 Amendment.  Act 56 added section 705.

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