House Bill No. 5737
Public Act No. 21-105
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A VETERANS AND MILITARY TOURISM
TRAIL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) The Commissioner of
Veterans Affairs, or the commissioner's designee, may (1) establish, in
consultation with the Department of Economic and Community
Development, a Veterans and Military Tourism Trail linking museums,
memorials, battleground sites and other historic sites in the state
relating to veterans and the United States armed forces, and (2) publicize
the existence of the Veterans and Military Tourism Trail and shall
publish a brochure that indicates the location and history of each site,
provided said commissioner shall solicit private donations to cover the
entire cost of such publicizing and publishing.