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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
  3. Title XVII PUBLIC WELFARE
  4. Chapter 115 VETERANS' BENEFITS
  5. Section 9A Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial cemeteries; operation, maintenance and expansion

Section 9A

Section 9A: Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial cemeteries; operation, maintenance and expansion

[ Text of section added by 2024, 178, Sec. 49 effective August 8, 2024.]

  Section 9A. The executive office of veterans' services shall operate, maintain and expand the Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial cemetery located in the city known as the town of Agawam and the Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial cemetery located in the town of Winchendon and may add new cemetery locations, subject to the availability of funds, to meet veterans' and veteran dependents' needs; provided, however, that the office shall maintain the cemetery grounds, facilities and infrastructure and shall manage the burial and interment services. The executive office may adopt additional rules, regulations and policies as necessary to fulfill its responsibilities and ensure the proper functioning of the cemeteries under its control.