(a) The board of county commissioners of each county shall provide for the preparation of the body and transmittal to and burial in the veteran's cemetery of any veteran other than a dishonorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States who dies leaving insufficient funds to defray the necessary funeral expenses. The amount expended for transporting the body shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00). The amount paid under this section for burial shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00). Each board shall account for the county expenses incurred under this subsection during a fiscal year. By August 1 of each year, a county may request reimbursement by the department of family services for the expenses incurred under this subsection for the preceding fiscal year. The department of family services shall reimburse the expenses in accordance with W.S. 35-1-428(c). (b) Before assuming charge and expense for preparation and transmittal of the body and burial, each board of county commissioners shall first determine according to procedures they establish that the deceased veteran of the armed forces of the United States whose body they are called upon to bury served in the armed forces of the United States, was other than dishonorably discharged and died in the county leaving insufficient means to defray the necessary funeral expenses. (c) The county commissioners of each county, shall: (i) Keep a complete record of all the facts relating to any veteran of the armed forces of the United States who is buried in accordance with this section; and (ii) Draw a warrant on the treasurer of their county for the payment of the expenses out of the general funds of the county. (d) Payment made for burial expenses by the board of county commissioners in accordance with this section shall be considered payment of last resort that follows all other sources and is provided subsequent to all other benefits.
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