General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7181
January Session, 2017 *_____HB07181VA____030617____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 7181
January Session, 2017
*_____HB07181VA____030617____*
AN ACT HONORING DECEASED VETERANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 27-76 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
When requested by the commander of any accredited veteran organization or by friends or relatives of any deceased person who has served in any of the armed forces of the United States during time of war, as defined by section 27-103, or who has served in the National Guard for more than twenty years or who has died while a member of the National Guard, the Adjutant General shall order an honor guard detail from the National Guard, the naval militia, the State Guard or the organized militia to attend the funeral, except that if an honor guard detail from such guard or militia is unavailable or committed elsewhere, the Adjutant General shall request an honor guard detail from a bona fide Connecticut state veterans' organization, provided such detail shall comply with the rules and procedures set forth in Connecticut National Guard regulation 37-106. Such detail shall consist of not more than five members plus one bugler. The members thereof shall be compensated at the rate of fifty dollars per day. Such compensation shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Adjutant General for the pay of the National Guard and from federal funds received for that purpose. Such funds appropriated to the Adjutant General shall be in an amount sufficient to ensure any such honor guard detail includes not less than two and not more than three riflemen or riflewomen.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 27-76
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
27-76
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