Section 1410 Of Chapter 9.5. Southern California Veterans Cemetery From California Military And Veterans Code >> Division 6. >> Chapter 9.5.
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. (a) (1) The department, in voluntary cooperation with local
government entities in Orange County pursuant to Section 1412, shall
design, develop, construct, and equip a state-owned and
state-operated Southern California Veterans Cemetery, which shall be
located at the site of the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro,
on 125 acres known as the Amended and Restated Development Agreement
Site in the Great Park in the City of Irvine.
(2) The department shall oversee and coordinate the design,
development, and construction of the cemetery.
(3) For purposes of this chapter, "department" means the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
(b) (1) Subject to the eligibility requirements described in
Section 2402 of Title 38 of the United States Code, as amended from
time to time, honorably discharged veterans, their spouses, and
eligible dependent children are eligible for interment in the
cemetery. The department shall establish a fee to be charged for
interment of veteran spouses and eligible dependent children. The
amount of the fee shall not exceed the reasonable costs to the
department for interment in the cemetery.
(2) Subject to Section 1418, for the purposes of this subdivision,
the department shall adopt regulations to specify the eligibility
requirements for interment in the cemetery.
(3) All fees received pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be deposited
in the Southern California Veterans Cemetery Perpetual Maintenance
Fund created pursuant to Section 1412.