General Assembly Raised Bill No. 903
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 3244
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 903
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 3244
*03244_______VA_*
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 27-125 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):
Any veteran who is a citizen of this state and who, through disability or other causes incident to service in the armed forces in time of war, is in need of temporary financial assistance may be provided for by the commissioner by a method similar to that provided in section 27-82, the amount and continuance of such assistance to be discretionary with the commissioner. The widow, widower and each child, parent, brother or sister of any member of the armed forces, who died while in such active service, may be assisted by the commissioner if such person or persons are without sufficient means of support by reason of the death of such member of the armed forces. In carrying out his or her duties under the provisions of this section, the commissioner is directed to cooperate with such federal agencies as may aid in securing prompt and suitable treatment, care and relief of any such member of the armed forces or his or her dependents. The records of the agencies of the state shall be placed at the disposal of the commissioner and such agencies are directed to cooperate with and to assist the commissioner in carrying out his or her duties.
Sec. 2. Section 27-136 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):
No person who acts under a power of attorney of a principal in the armed forces of the United States, or of a principal whose duties in connection with any service in which the armed forces, as defined by section 27-103, are engaged involve his or her absence from this country, shall be liable for any such act on the ground that such principal was not alive when such act was performed if such act was performed in good faith and without knowledge of the death of the principal. All such acts shall have the same force and effect upon title and in all other respects as though the principal were alive.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2015 27-125
Sec. 2 October 1, 2015 27-136
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2015
27-125
Sec. 2
October 1, 2015
27-136
Statement of Purpose:
To make technical changes to certain veterans' affairs statutes.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]