1. A person is eligible for interment in a veterans cemetery in this State if the person: (a) Is a veteran who is eligible for interment in a national cemetery pursuant to the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 2402; or (b) Does not meet the criteria set forth in paragraph (a), but otherwise meets the definition of veteran set forth in NRS 417.005 and: (1) Was a member of a reserve component of the National Guard; or (2) Received a commemorative plaque or urn furnished by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 2306(h). 2. An eligible veteran, or a member of his or her immediate family, or a veterans organization recognized by the Director may apply for a plot in a cemetery for veterans in this State by submitting a request to the cemetery superintendent on a form to be supplied by the cemetery superintendent. The application for interment must provide for a selection to have the area immediately above and surrounding the interred remains of the applicant landscaped with natural grass or xeriscaping. The cemetery superintendent shall assign available plots in the order in which applications are received. A specific plot may not be reserved before it is needed for burial. No charge may be made for a plot or for the interment of a veteran described in paragraph (a) of subsection 1. 3. One plot is allowed for the interment of each eligible veteran and for each member of his or her immediate family, except where the conditions of the soil or the number of the decedents of the family requires more than one plot. 4. The Director shall charge a fee for: (a) The interment of a: (1) Family member of an eligible veteran, but the fee may not exceed the actual cost of interment. (2) Veteran described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1, but the fee must not exceed the burial allowance established by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for the interment of veterans in a national cemetery. (b) A headstone or marker provided by the Department for a veteran described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 for placement on a plot where the veteran is interred, but the fee must not exceed the actual cost of the headstone or marker. 5. As used in this section: (a) Eligible veteran means a person who is eligible for interment in a veterans cemetery in this State pursuant to subsection 1. (b) Immediate family means the spouse, minor child or, when the Director deems appropriate, the unmarried adult child of an eligible veteran.
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