General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6506
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2716
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
REP. HENNESSY, 127th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6506
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 2716
*02716*
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
REP. HENNESSY, 127th Dist.
AN ACT WAIVING CERTAIN VETERANS' RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STEP-UP PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 31-3pp of the general statutes be amended to provide that an honorably discharged veteran may be considered a "new employee" for purposes of the Subsidized Training and Employment program, regardless of any such veteran's residency in a municipality that has (1) an unemployment rate that is equal to or higher than the state unemployment rate as of September 1, 2011, or (2) a population of eighty thousand or more.
Statement of Purpose:
To permit veterans to participate in the state's Subsidized Training and Employment program regardless of their residency.