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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7061
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3531
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E OFFERING OF CERTAIN MOTOR
VEHICLES FROM THE ST ATE MOTOR POOL TO VE TERANS'
CHARITABLE ORGANIZAT IONS.
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 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
October 1, 2019): 3
(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall administer a 4
property distribution program for the disposition of usable property 5
that a state agency deems surplus to its operating needs. If any such 6
property cannot be transferred between state agencies and there is not 7
an immediate need to remove the property from a state facility, the 8
commissioner shall offer the property for sale to municipalities and 9
transit districts. If no municipality or transit district purchases the 10
property, the commissioner shall offer the property for sale to the 11
public, except that any motor vehicle from the state interagency motor 12
pool, as described in section 4a-5, shall not be sold to any qualified 13
veterans' charitable organization, as described in section 27-100f, for 14 Raised Bill No. 7061
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less than two thousand dollars. If the commissioner is unable to sell 15
the property to a municipality or transit district or the public, the 16
commissioner may donate the property to a nonprofit organization. 17
The commissioner may dispose of any property that is not transferred, 18
sold or donated, except that, in the case of any motor vehicle from the 19
state interagency motor pool not transferred, sold or donated, the 20
commissioner may offer such motor vehicle to any qualified veterans' 21
charitable organization for the purpose of donating such motor vehicle 22
to a veteran in accordance with section 2 of this act. The commissioner 23
shall establish a process for notifying municipalities and nonprofit 24
organizations of their eligibility to receive surplus property under this 25
subsection. 26
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) The Commissioner of 27
Administrative Services may offer, pursuant to section 4a-57a of the 28
general statutes, as amended by this act, for not more than two 29
thousand dollars, a motor vehicle from the state interagency motor 30
pool, as described in section 4a-5 of the general statutes, to a qualified 31
veterans' charitable organization, as described in section 27-100f of the 32
general statutes, for the purpose of donating such motor vehicle to a 33
veteran. Any such qualified veterans' charitable organization shall (1) 34
identify veterans in the state (A) who have performed service in time 35
of war, (B) with a service-connected disability rated by the United 36
States Department of Veterans Affairs, and (C) with a demonstrated 37
need of financial assistance, as determined by such organization; (2) 38
donate any such motor vehicle to any such veteran; and (3) in the case 39
of any such veteran who accepts any such donation, pay any 40
administrative cost or fee to the Department of Motor Vehicles related 41
to the transfer of any such motor vehicle from such organization to 42
such veteran. As used in this section, "veteran" has the same meaning 43
as provided in subsection (a) of section 27-103 of the general statutes. 44
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 4a-57a(a) Raised Bill No. 7061
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Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 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.
[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.]