42.430 Plaque commemorating prisoners and missing soldiers in Vietnam War -- Duties of Department of Veterans' Affairs and Department for Facilities and Support Services.
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Support Services. (1) To honor those Kentuckians who proudly served their country during the Vietnam War but remain unaccounted for, the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall update
the plaque at the base of the Freedom Tree near the Floral Clock on the grounds of
the New Capitol Annex to contain the names of Kentucky Vietnam War
POW/MIAs from the most recent official accounting available from the United
States Department of Defense. The plaque shall also contain a depiction of the
POW/MIA flag of the National League of Families of American Prisoners of War
and Missing in Southeast Asia. (2) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall be responsible for the design of the new plaque required by subsection (1) of this section, and the plaque shall be paid for by
the Department of Veterans' Affairs. The Department of Veterans' Affairs may
receive appropriations, gifts, grants, federal funds, and any other funds, both public
and private, to defray the cost of updating the plaque. (3) The Department for Facilities and Support Services shall be responsible for preparing the base for the updated plaque, and for installing the plaque. The
Department for Facilities and Support Services shall be reimbursed the cost of the
installation by the Department of Veterans' Affairs. The Department for Facilities
and Support Services shall also be responsible for the routine maintenance of the
Freedom Tree, the memorial plaque, and the grounds surrounding the tree and
plaque. Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Repealed, reenacted, and amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 18, effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 256, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. Formerly codified as KRS 42.0271.