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Connecticut House Bill HB05737 Compare Versions

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	7	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5737
	8	+	January Session, 2021
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	12	+	Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
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	15	+	Introduced by:
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4		-	House Bill No. 5737
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6		-	Public Act No. 21-105
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9		-	AN ACT ESTABLISHING A VETERANS AND MILITARY TOURISM
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	20	+	AN ACT CREATING A VETERANS AND MILITARY TOURISM TRAIL.
11	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
12	22		Assembly convened:
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14		-	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) The Commissioner of
15		-	Veterans Affairs, or the commissioner's designee, may (1) establish, in
16		-	consultation with the Department of Economic and Community
17		-	Development, a Veterans and Military Tourism Trail linking museums,
18		-	memorials, battleground sites and other historic sites in the state
19		-	relating to veterans and the United States armed forces, and (2) publicize
20		-	the existence of the Veterans and Military Tourism Trail and shall
21		-	publish a brochure that indicates the location and history of each site,
22		-	provided said commissioner shall solicit private donations to cover the
23		-	entire cost of such publicizing and publishing.
	24	+	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) The Department of Economic 1
	25	+	and Community Development, in consultation with the Commissioner 2
	26	+	of Veterans Affairs, or the commissioner's designee, shall establish a 3
	27	+	Veterans and Military Tourism Trail linking museums, memorials, 4
	28	+	battleground sites and other historic sites in the state relating to veterans 5
	29	+	and the United States armed forces. The Department of Economic and 6
	30	+	Community Development and the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, 7
	31	+	or the commissioner's designee, shall jointly determine which 8
	32	+	museums, memorials, battleground sites and other historic sites to 9
	33	+	include in the Veterans and Military Tourism Trail. The Department of 10
	34	+	Economic and Community Development shall establish a program to 11
	35	+	publicize the existence of the Veterans and Military Tourism Trail and 12
	36	+	shall publish a brochure that indicates the location and history of each 13
	37	+	site. The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, or the commissioner's 14
	38	+	designee, shall solicit funds to cover the costs of implementing such 15
	39	+	program and brochure. 16 Committee Bill No. 5737
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	46	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	47	+	sections:
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	49	+	Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
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	51	+	VA Joint Favorable
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