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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7246
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4283
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E ORGANIZATION OF THE CONNECTICUT
STATE GUARD.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 27-9 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2
[Whenever the Connecticut National Guard is called into the federal 3
service or whenever such a call, in the opinion of the Governor, is 4
deemed to be imminent, the Governor shall forthwith] The Governor 5
may raise, organize, maintain and govern [, from the unorganized 6
militia,] a body of volunteer troops for state military duty. Said body of 7
troops [, when so organized,] shall be known as "the Connecticut State 8
Guard" and [for and during the time of its existence as herein provided 9
it] shall be a part of the organized militia. 10
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 27-9
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Statement of Purpose:
To clarify the Governor's authority with respect to the command and
control of the Connecticut State Guard.
[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.]