Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00342 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/18/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 342
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2158
 *02158*
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 342 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2158

*02158*

Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS 

Introduced by:

SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.

AN ACT EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF "VETERAN".

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 27 of the general statutes be amended to redefine "veteran" to include (1) any member of the National Guard, regardless of performance of duty under Title 32 of the United States Code, and (2) any reserve component of the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or Air Force, regardless of performance of active service.

Statement of Purpose: 

To allow armed forces reservists and members of the National Guard to receive state veterans' benefits.