| 26 | | - | Section 1. Section 14-254 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 |
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| 27 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021): 2 |
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| 28 | | - | "Disabled veteran", as used in this section, means (1) (A) any veteran, 3 |
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| 29 | | - | [who performed service in time of war,] as defined in section 27-103, or 4 |
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| 30 | | - | (B) any person with a qualifying condition, as defined in said section, 5 |
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| 31 | | - | who has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable 6 |
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| 32 | | - | from active service in the armed forces, as defined in said section, [and 7 |
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| 33 | | - | who performed service in time of war,] and (2) (A) one or both of whose 8 |
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| 34 | | - | legs or arms or parts thereof have been amputated or the use of which 9 |
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| 35 | | - | has been lost, (B) who is blind, paraplegic or hemiplegic, or (C) who has 10 |
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| 36 | | - | traumatic brain injury, any such disability described in subdivision (2) 11 |
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| 37 | | - | of this section being certified as service-connected by the United States 12 |
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| 38 | | - | Department of Veterans Affairs. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 13 |
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| 39 | | - | upon application of any disabled veteran accompanied by such 14 |
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| 40 | | - | certificate of United States Department of Veterans Affairs, shall issue 15 |
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| 41 | | - | without charge a special number plate or set of plates in accordance with 16 |
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| 42 | | - | Committee Bill No. 5731 |
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| 45 | | - | LCO No. 4577 2 of 4 |
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| 47 | | - | the provisions of subsection (a) of section 14-21b to be attached to a 17 |
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| 48 | | - | passenger motor vehicle owned or operated by such disabled veteran 18 |
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| 49 | | - | and an identification card to be used in connection therewith. The card 19 |
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| 50 | | - | shall identify the disabled veteran and the motor vehicle and shall state 20 |
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| 51 | | - | that such disabled veteran is qualified to receive the card, that the card, 21 |
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| 52 | | - | plate or plates shall be returned to the commissioner if the registration 22 |
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| 53 | | - | of the motor vehicle is cancelled or transferred and that the card is for 23 |
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| 54 | | - | the exclusive use of the disabled veteran to whom it is issued, is not 24 |
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| 55 | | - | transferable and will be revoked if presented by any other person or if 25 |
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| 56 | | - | any privilege granted under this section is abused. If not so revoked, the 26 |
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| 57 | | - | card shall be renewable every four years at the time of registration of 27 |
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| 58 | | - | motor vehicles. No penalty shall be imposed for the overtime parking 28 |
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| 59 | | - | of any motor vehicle bearing a number plate issued under this section 29 |
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| 60 | | - | when it has been so parked by the disabled veteran to whom the plate 30 |
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| 61 | | - | and an identification card were issued or by any person operating such 31 |
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| 62 | | - | vehicle when accompanied by such disabled veteran, provided the 32 |
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| 63 | | - | length of time for which such vehicle may remain parked at any one 33 |
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| 64 | | - | location shall not exceed twenty-four hours. The surviving spouse of a 34 |
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| 65 | | - | disabled veteran issued such special registration may retain any such 35 |
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| 66 | | - | registration and number plates without charge for his or her lifetime or 36 |
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| 67 | | - | until such time as he or she remarries. 37 |
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| 68 | | - | Sec. 2. Section 21-37 of the general statutes is repealed and the 38 |
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| 69 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021): 39 |
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| 70 | | - | Any town may make reasonable ordinances with reference to the 40 |
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| 71 | | - | vending or hawking upon its public streets or upon any state highway, 41 |
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| 72 | | - | except limited access highways, within such town or any land abutting 42 |
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| 73 | | - | such streets or highways of any goods, wares or other merchandise at 43 |
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| 74 | | - | public or private sale or auction, or to the vending or peddling of such 44 |
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| 75 | | - | articles from house to house within its limits, including the imposition 45 |
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| 76 | | - | of a fee, not exceeding two hundred dollars a year, applicable with 46 |
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| 77 | | - | respect to any person engaged in such vending, hawking or peddling, 47 |
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| 78 | | - | for the privilege of so vending, hawking or peddling such merchandise. 48 |
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| 79 | | - | Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section which requires a permit 49 |
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| 80 | | - | Committee Bill No. 5731 |
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| 83 | | - | LCO No. 4577 3 of 4 |
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| 85 | | - | may require that no such permit shall be issued to any person who has 50 |
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| 86 | | - | not obtained a permit to engage in or transact business as a seller within 51 |
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| 87 | | - | the state in accordance with section 12-409 and shall require that any 52 |
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| 88 | | - | permit issued pursuant to such ordinance shall be conspicuously 53 |
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| 89 | | - | displayed at the place the activities are undertaken. Such ordinances 54 |
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| 90 | | - | may provide that the authority issuing such permit may waive the 55 |
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| 91 | | - | permit fee for a nonprofit organization exempt from federal taxation by 56 |
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| 92 | | - | Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent 57 |
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| 93 | | - | corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time 58 |
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| 94 | | - | to time amended, or a charitable organization. No town shall require a 59 |
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| 95 | | - | permit fee from any resident of this state who has resided within the 60 |
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| 96 | | - | state for a period of two years next preceding the date of application for 61 |
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| 97 | | - | such permit, who is (1) a veteran, [who served in time of war,] as defined 62 |
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| 98 | | - | in section 27-103, (2) a hawker or peddler as defined in section 21-36, 63 |
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| 99 | | - | and (3) a principal pursuant to section 21-36. This section shall not apply 64 |
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| 100 | | - | to sales by farmers and gardeners of the produce of their farms, gardens 65 |
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| 101 | | - | and greenhouses, including fruit, vegetables and flowers, or to the sale, 66 |
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| 102 | | - | distribution and delivery of milk, teas, coffees, spices, groceries, meats 67 |
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| 103 | | - | and bakery goods, to sales on approval, to conditional sales of 68 |
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| 104 | | - | merchandise, or to the taking of orders for merchandise for future 69 |
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| 105 | | - | delivery when full payment is not required at the time of solicitation. 70 |
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| 106 | | - | Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit in any manner the 71 |
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| 107 | | - | Commissioner of Transportation's statutory authority concerning state 72 |
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| 108 | | - | highways. Nothing in this section shall be construed as empowering any 73 |
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| 109 | | - | municipality to prohibit, regulate, control or impose a fee on any person 74 |
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| 110 | | - | operating any business on any state highway or land abutting any state 75 |
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| 111 | | - | highway pursuant to a contract with the state. 76 |
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| 112 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 115 | | - | Section 1 October 1, 2021 14-254 |
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| 116 | | - | Sec. 2 October 1, 2021 21-37 |
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| 118 | | - | Committee Bill No. 5731 |
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| 121 | | - | LCO No. 4577 4 of 4 |
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| 23 | + | That the general statutes be amended to eliminate service in time of 1 |
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| 24 | + | war as an eligibility criteria for veterans' benefits granted by the state. 2 |
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