"An Act relating to a program to honor a deceased veteran's military service. "

CS HB 166 (MLV) creates the Governor's Memorial Certificate Program to allow the Adjutant General to honor deceased veterans who are Alaska residents by issuing to their family death certificates. The Certificate Program is modeled after the Presidential memorial certificate program. It is the intent that the Governor's Memorial Certificate Program will simply be a certificate issued to surviving family members or other eligible recipients as defined, acknowledging the State's appreciation of the service of deceased veterans.

Sectional Analysis

section 1 adds the Governor's Memorial Certificate Program to AS 26.10. It outlines the procedure for the program

(b) (1) This section defines who is an "eligible recipient" of a deceased veteran to receive the certificate.

(b) (2) This section defines "veteran" as the meaning given in AS 26.10.080.

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