General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5318
February Session, 2018 LCO No. 1793
*01793_______VA_*
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5318
February Session, 2018
LCO No. 1793
*01793_______VA_*
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE OFFERING OF CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES FROM THE STATE MOTOR POOL TO VETERANS' CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 4a-57a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2018):
(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall administer a property distribution program for the disposition of usable property that a state agency deems surplus to its operating needs. If any such property cannot be transferred between state agencies and there is not an immediate need to remove the property from a state facility, the commissioner shall offer the property for sale to municipalities and transit districts. If no municipality or transit district purchases the property, the commissioner shall offer the property for sale to the public, except that any motor vehicle from the state interagency motor pool, as described in section 4a-5, shall not be sold to any veterans' charitable organization, as described in section 27-100f, for less than two thousand dollars. If the commissioner is unable to sell the property to a municipality or transit district or the public, the commissioner may donate the property to a nonprofit organization. The commissioner may dispose of any property that is not transferred, sold or donated, except that, in the case of any motor vehicle from the state interagency motor pool not transferred, sold or donated, the commissioner may offer such motor vehicle to any veterans' charitable organization for the purpose of donating such motor vehicle to a veteran in accordance with section 2 of this act. The commissioner shall establish a process for notifying municipalities and nonprofit organizations of their eligibility to receive surplus property under this subsection.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2018) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may offer, pursuant to section 4a-57a of the general statutes, as amended by this act, for not more than two thousand dollars, a motor vehicle from the state interagency motor pool, as described in section 4a-5 of the general statutes, to a veterans' charitable organization, as described in section 27-100f of the general statutes, for the purpose of donating such motor vehicle to a veteran. Any such veterans' charitable organization shall (1) identify veterans in the state (A) who have performed service in time of war, (B) with a service-connected disability rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and (C) with a demonstrated need of financial assistance, as determined by such organization, (2) donate any such motor vehicle to any such veteran, and (3) in the case of any such veteran who accepts any such donation, pay any administrative cost or fee to the Department of Motor Vehicles related to the transfer of any such motor vehicle from such organization to such veteran. As used in this section, "veteran" has the same meaning as provided in subsection (a) of section 27-103 of the general statutes.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2018 4a-57a(a)
Sec. 2 October 1, 2018 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2018
4a-57a(a)
Sec. 2
October 1, 2018
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To allow surplus vehicles from the state motor pool to be provided to veterans' charitable organizations for donation to certain disabled combat veterans with a demonstrated need for financial assistance.
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