Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06379 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6379
22 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1934
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44 Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
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66 REP. ALEXANDER, 58th Dist.
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 6379
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1212 January Session, 2015
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1414 LCO No. 1934
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1818 Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
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2222 REP. ALEXANDER, 58th Dist.
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2424 AN ACT PROVIDING REIMBURSEMENT FOR INSTALLATION OF VETERAN GRAVE MARKERS.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 That part II of chapter 506 of the general statutes be amended to require that funds from the Soldiers, Sailors and Marine Fund be used to pay the costs associated with the installation of a veteran's grave marker even if such installation occurs later than one year after the death of such veteran.
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3030 Statement of Purpose:
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3232 To expand the current practice of providing reimbursement for up to one hundred dollars of costs for veteran grave installation incurred less than one year after the death of a veteran to one year or more in the rare cases where burial occurred more than one year after the death of the veteran due to slow processing by the federal Department of Veterans' Affairs, weather, cremation or other circumstance.