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| 6 | 6 | | LCO No. 2201 1 of 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5398 |
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| 9 | 9 | | February Session, 2020 |
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| 10 | 10 | | LCO No. 2201 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced by: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (VA) |
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| 22 | 22 | | AN ACT CONCERNING LI CENSED OCCUPATIONS O F MILITARY |
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| 23 | 23 | | SPOUSES. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 25 | 25 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2020) (a) Except as otherwise 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided in the general statutes, a military spouse who accompanies his 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | or her spouse who is a military member assigned to a base in this state 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | and who holds a current occupational license in another state may 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | engage in the occupation for which the military spouse is licensed, 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | provided such military spouse presents a copy of his or her 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | identification card and evidence satisfactory to the department having 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | jurisdiction over such license that the military spouse (1) is currently 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | licensed by another state whose standards, in the opinion of the 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | department, are substantially similar to, or higher than, those of this 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | state, (2) is in good standing, (3) is not the subject of any pending 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | professional disciplinary action, (4) is not the subject of a pending, 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | unresolved complaint, and (5) is presently residing in this state. 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) The state agency having jurisdiction of such license shall verify 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the military spouse's license in such other state and that it is in good 15 Raised Bill No. 5398 |
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| 45 | 45 | | LCO No. 2201 2 of 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | standing. The military spouse's out-of-state license shall be recognized 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | for the duration of the military member's assignment in this state or for 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | three years, whichever is less. 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (c) For the purpose of this section, "military spouse" means a person 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | married to an active duty member of the armed forces, as defined in 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | section 27-103 of the general statutes.21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 54 | 54 | | sections: |
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| 56 | 56 | | Section 1 October 1, 2020 New section |
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| 58 | 58 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 59 | 59 | | To permit the state to recognize current, out-of-state occupational |
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| 60 | 60 | | licenses held by military spouses. |
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| 61 | 61 | | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except |
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| 62 | 62 | | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not |
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| 63 | 63 | | underlined.] |
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