HAR §7-32-17. Disinterment

*** (d) Disinterments shall be supervised at the gravesite by the director or a designated cemetery official. (1) Special care and concern shall be shown for adjacent graves and markers. (2) Cemetery personnel shall reopen the grave down to one foot above the top of the grave liner, vault or casket. (A) Cemetery personnel shall not otherwise participate in any other aspect of the disinterment operation. (B) No charge shall be made for the supervision and reopening of the grave to the extent indicated above. (e) The marker of the grave being disinterred shall not be shipped to the cemetery where the remains are to be reinterred. *** [Eff: 8/10/91; am SEP 03 1994] (Auth: HRS §363-2) (Imp: HRS §363-2) BACK TO TOP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Amendments to chapter 7-32, Hawaii Administrative Rules, on the Summary page dated ____________________, were adopted on __________________, following a public hearing held on May 16, 1994 after public notice was given in the Honolulu Advertiser, Star Bulletin, Hawaii Tribune Herald, West Hawaii Today, Maui News and Garden Island Weekly on April 5, 1994. These amendments shall take effect ten days after filing with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. ______________________________ EDWARD V. RICHARDSON Adjutant General Department of Defense Hawaii Administrative Rules: Title 7, Subtitle 2, Chapter 32: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery Rules of Practice and Procedure State of Hawaii Department of Defense: Administrative Services Office [http://www.dod.state.hi.us/aso] (Page 15 of 20) APPROVED AS TO FORM: _________________________ Deputy Attorney General ______________________________ JOHN WAIHEE Governor Date: AUG 24 1994 AUG 24 1994 Filed BACK TO TOP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Amendments to Chapter 7-32, Hawaii Administrative Rules 1. Section 7-32-2, Hawaii Administrative Rules, is amended by amending the definition of "columbarium" to read: ""Columbarium" means a structure with niches designated for the inurnment of cremated human remains." BACK TO TOP 2. Section 7-32-7, Hawaii Administrative Rules, is amended by amending subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows: "(b) There shall be no charge for the gravesite or its perpetual care, [however;] except as provided in subsection (c), (c) To compensate for the opening and closing of graves the following fee structure is in effect: (1) For interment of veterans, [(A) The] the State shall receive the veteran's plot allowance, or the sum equivalent to the amount of the plot allowance. Hawaii Administrative Rules: Title 7, Subtitle 2, Chapter 32: Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery Rules of Practice and Procedure State of Hawaii Department of Defense: Administrative Services Office [http://www.dod.state.hi.us/aso] (Page 16 of 20) [(B) The State shall supply a liner or the representative may purchase another liner if that liner meets the guidelines defined by the director and incurs no cost to the State.] (2) For interment of eligible dependents, the State shall receive from the dependent's survivor or representative the sum equivalent to the amount of the plot allowance [, plus the cost of the required liner]. (3) When the veteran dies from a service-connected condition, the State shall receive from the veteran's survivor or representative the sum equivalent to the amount of the plot allowance. (4) When a member of the armed forces dies while serving on active duty, the State shall receive from the service member's survivor or representative the sum equivalent to the amount of the plot allowance. (5) When a veteran or dependent is disinterred from another cemetery and reinterred at Hawaii state veterans cemetery, the State shall receive from the veteran's survivor or representative the sum equivalent to the amount of the plot allowance." [Eff: 8/10/91; am SEP 03 1994] (Auth: HRS §363-2) (Imp: HRS §363-2) BACK TO TOP 3. Section 7-32-9, Hawaii Administrative Rules, is amended to read as follows: "