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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 802
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3524
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR DISCOUNTED FISHING LICENSES FOR
CERTAIN VETERANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 26-28 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
October 1, 2019): 3
(d) (1) The fee charged (A) for any firearms hunting, archery 4
hunting, trapping or sport fishing license that is issued to any 5
Connecticut resident who is sixteen or seventeen years of age, or (B) 6
any sport fishing license that is issued to any Connecticut resident who 7
is a veteran, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103, with a 8
service-connected disability rating by the United States Department of 9
Veterans Affairs amounting to ten per cent or more of total disability, 10
shall be equal to fifty per cent of the fee provided for such license in 11
subsection (a) of this section, rounded to the next highest dollar. 12
(2) The fee charged pursuant to section 26-27b, 26-48a, 26-86a or 26-13
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fishing permit, tag or stamp that is issued to any Connecticut resident 15
who is less than eighteen years of age, or (B) any sport fishing permit, 16
tag or stamp that is issued to any Connecticut resident who is a 17
veteran, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103, with a service-18
connected disability rating by the United States Department of 19
Veterans Affairs amounting to ten per cent or more of total disability, 20
shall be equal to fifty per cent of the fee provided for such permit, tag 21
or stamp in said sections, rounded to the next highest dollar. 22
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 26-28(d)
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce by fifty per cent the fees charged to certain disabled veterans
for sport fishing licenses, permits, tags or stamps.
[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.]