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1999 SESSION

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 345 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Rules on February 7, 1999) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Edwards) Directing the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, with the assistance of the Department of Historic Resources and in cooperation with the Virginia Association of Counties, the Virginia Municipal League, and other interested associations, to study issues related to the care and maintenance of the burial grounds and graves of veterans of the War of the American Revolution.

WHEREAS, the Commonwealth provides for the maintenance and upkeep of certain graves and cemeteries of Confederate soldiers and sailors; and

WHEREAS, the provisions regarding the care and maintenance of Confederate graves are to be found in § 10.1-2211 of the Code of Virginia; and

WHEREAS, there is no similar provision for the restoration and maintenance of the burial grounds and graves of veterans of the Revolutionary War who made the great sacrifices necessary to establish the United States of America; and

WHEREAS, the number and locations of graves and burial grounds of Revolutionary War veterans are unknown, as is the cost of providing state funds to maintain such graves; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, with the assistance of the Department of Historic Resources and in cooperation with the Virginia Association of Counties, the Virginia Municipal League, the Virginia chapters of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Virginia chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and such other organizations as may register an interest with the Commission, be directed to study issues related to the care and maintenance of the burial grounds and graves of veterans of the War of the American Revolution. The study shall consider (i) the number and locations of graves and cemeteries of Revolutionary War veterans in the Commonwealth; (ii) the annual funding that is currently provided pursuant to § 10.1-2211 of the Code of Virginia; (iii) the annual funding that may be required to restore and maintain such graves; (iv) whether associations requesting such funds should be required to provide matching funds or services; and (v) the optimal percentage of funds or services that associations may be expected to contribute in the event that state or local governments provide resources for the maintenance of such graves.

All agencies of the Commonwealth shall provide assistance to the Commission, upon request.

The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission shall complete its work in time to submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the 2001 Session of the General Assembly as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit a copy of this resolution to the local chapters of the Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and the local chapters of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.