(a) The department of veterans services shall provide for Tennessee veterans’ cemeteries.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 46-6-101

  • Services: means acts performed by a cemetery company on its premises in the final interment of human remains or the installation of cemetery merchandise used in connection with final interment. See Tennessee Code 46-1-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) It is the legislative intent that the department, in consultation with the department of finance and administration and other appropriate state departments and agencies, shall, within existing state resources, identify any available state-owned real property and other available financial resources to establish a veterans’ cemetery in each of the three (3) grand divisions.
(c) The department of veterans services is authorized to establish additional veterans’ cemeteries, as needed, by using state resources in accordance with the planning criteria of the United States department of veterans’ affairs (USDVA) and the national cemetery administration (NCA) in order to receive federal grant funding to assist with establishment of additional veterans’ cemeteries.
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