ASSEMBLY MILITARY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 3566

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  OCTOBER 8, 2020

      The Assembly Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 3566.

     This bill requires the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to provide a monthly report to veteran organizations of the names of all known veterans who passed away the previous month.  Veteran organization means a veteran organization that qualifies as a section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(19) tax exempt organization under the Internal Revenue Code, or a federally chartered Veterans’ Service Organization.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS

      There are proposed committee amendments to the bill to require county officers to receive the monthly report of the names of persons buried or cremated in State veteran cemeteries the previous month.

      The amendments also require that a representative of the person buried or cremated in a State veteran cemetery sign a waiver before the information may be released.