Intent of bill: Create burial medallion for Traditional (non-veteran) Guard and Reserve, currently no marker or indication of service provided. For use outside the ND State Veterans Cemetery.
SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 37-18-17 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows:
Burial medallion program.
1. As used in this section, "medallion" means a small, durable marker attached to an existing headstone or grave marker to indicate a veteran's status.
2. The department of veterans' affairs shall establish and administer a program to provide a medallion for a national guard or national guard reserve member, not buried in the state veterans' cemetery, who does not qualify for another medallion from the state or federal department of veterans affairs.