1.  There is hereby established a program to provide financial assistance to the family of a veteran who is interred in a cemetery that is not a veterans’ cemetery for the disinterment of the veteran and relocation to a veterans’ cemetery.

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2.  The Director may apply for and accept gifts, grants and donations or other sources of money for the purpose of carrying out the program established pursuant to subsection 1, which must be deposited in the Account for Veterans Affairs, created by NRS 417.220. The money deposited pursuant to this section must be accounted for separately. The Director shall administer the Account and all claims against the Account must be paid out on claims as other claims against the State are paid upon approval by the Director before they are paid. Money deposited in the Account for Veterans Affairs pursuant to this section must be used only for the purposes authorized by this section and must not be reverted to any other fund, account or use.

3.  The Director shall adopt regulations prescribing the process for submission of an application by a member of a veteran’s family and the criteria for the award of financial assistance pursuant to the program established by subsection 1.