Section 1916-A - Determining eligibility for interment benefits.(a) Proof required.--In each case where application is made for a contribution toward the funeral expenses of a deceased serviceperson or the surviving spouse of a deceased serviceperson or for a memorial benefit under section 1913-A, the county commissioners shall, before expending any money, require proof of the following: (1) The service of the deceased serviceperson which entitles that person or the surviving spouse to the benefits under this subdivision. Proof shall be made by the production of an honorable discharge or other official record showing service during a war in which the United States is or was engaged, or by the records of the United States Department of Defense, or by copies filed in the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs showing the existence of a campaign or state or condition of war, the participation of the United States and the service of the deceased serviceperson in a zone where a campaign or state or condition of war existed.(2) The death of the deceased serviceperson.(3) In addition to paragraphs (1) and (2), in the case of the interment of the surviving spouse of a deceased serviceperson, the death of the surviving spouse and the fact that the spouse was married to the deceased serviceperson at the time of the serviceperson's death and that the spouse has not since remarried.(4) Except in cases where persons not having a legal residence within this Commonwealth are entitled to any of the benefits under this subdivision, the legal residence within the county of the deceased serviceperson or of the surviving spouse of a deceased serviceperson, as the case may be.(b)Documentation required.--Death shall, in all cases, be proven by a death certificate, if procurable, or else by one of the following:(1) Affidavit of one or more persons personally acquainted with the deceased and the fact of the person's death.(2) Proof of the record of death kept by the attending physician.(3) Proof of the record of interment kept by the funeral director.(4) Records of the church burial association or cemetery company maintaining the graveyard, burial ground, cemetery or other interment site in which the deceased serviceperson was interred.(c) Satisfaction of proof.--If proof required by this subdivision has been furnished to the county commissioners, no further proof of the same facts shall be required in order to obtain any other benefit under this subdivision.Added by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 154, § 70, eff. 12/24/2018.