LCO No. 2160 1 of 2 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5399 February Session, 2020 LCO No. 2160 Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS Introduced by: (VA) AN ACT CONCERNING VE TERANS' INTERVIEWS FOR FILLING CERTAIN VACANCIES IN STATE AGENCIES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2020) Any veteran, as defined in 1 section 27-103 of the general statutes, who has qualified to appear on a 2 Commissioner of Administrative Services' candidate list for original 3 appointments in accordance with section 5-224 of the general statutes 4 shall be granted an interview during the hiring process for filling 5 original appointment vacancies within state agencies. 6 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 October 1, 2020 New section Statement of Purpose: To require that all veterans listed on the candidate for original appointments list by the Commissioner of Administrative Services be granted an interview when filling original appointment vacancies within state agencies. Raised Bill No. 5399 LCO No. 2160 2 of 2 [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.]