Rule 07 - Rules Relating To Veterans Cemeteries

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RULES AND REGULATIONSOF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION OF THECOUNTY OF HAWAI‘I RULE 7 -RULES RELATING TO VETERANS CEMETERIES Section 1General Provisions A. Title. These rules and regulations may be cited as the Hawai‘i County Veterans Cemeteries Rules. B. Purpose. These rules are promulgated to clarify and implement Veterans Affairs and National Cemeteries Administration Regulations,Section 363- 5 and Chapter 91 of the Hawai‘iRevised Statutes as amended, and Chapter 15, Article 7, of the Hawai‘iCounty Code, to the end that the provisions thereunder may be best effectuated. C. Scope. These rules shall apply to all veterans cemeteries and Veterans Cemeteries Committees now or hereafter established by law and which are under the management and control of the County of Hawai‘i. Section 2Definitions A. For the purpose of these rules, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense shall include the future, words used in the singular number shall include the plural number and words used in the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender. B. ‘‘Casket’’shall mean a rigid container which is designed for the encasement of a human corpse. C. ‘‘Children’’shall mean both adult and minor children as heretofore defined. D.‘‘Children, Adult’’shall mean all personstwenty-one (21)years of age or older who are the issue of or who have been legally adopted by any veteran or service member eligible to be interred in any county-managed veterans cemetery. E. ‘‘Children, Minor’’shall mean all unmarried persons younger than twenty- one (21) years of age who are the issue of or who have been legally adopted by any veteran or service membereligible to be interred in any County-managed veterans cemetery. 3