Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 35. CEMETERY SERVICES

Part 22. Cemeteries in Counties

Veterans' Cemetery

7-35-2205. Veterans' cemetery. (1) Pursuant to Article II, section 35, of the Montana constitution, a county may provide for the construction, maintenance, and administration of a veterans' cemetery, set the standards by which the cemetery must be constructed and maintained, and determine qualifications for burial in the cemetery.

(2) Subject to 15-10-420, to fund the cemetery, the county may impose a property tax levy, accept gifts, grants, or donations, and receive allowances and collect charges authorized by state or federal law regarding burial of a veteran or a veteran's spouse.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 112, L. 2007.