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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5262
February Session, 2020
LCO No. 1696
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING SP ECIAL REGISTRATION MARKER PLATES
FOR VETERANS WHO SER VED IN PERIODS OF WAR.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2021) (a) The Commissioner of 1
Motor Vehicles, at the request of any veteran, as defined in section 27-2
103 of the general statutes, shall issue, without charge, special 3
registration marker plates to indicate service during a period of war, as 4
defined in 38 USC 101, as amended from time to time. Such plates shall 5
bear the words "(Name of War) Veteran" and shall bear the colors of the 6
flag of the country where such war was engaged at the top of the 7
registration marker plate. No use shall be made of such plates except as 8
official registration marker plates. 9
(b) The request of any veteran shall be accompanied by proof from 10
the United States Department of Veterans Affairs that such person 11
served in the armed forces during such period of war. 12
(c) The surviving spouse of a veteran issued such special registration 13
marker plates may retain any such plates for his or her lifetime or until 14
such time as he or she remarries. 15 Raised Bill No. 5262
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2021 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To create special registration marker plates available to veterans who
served during certain periods of war.
[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.]