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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 83
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 373
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
SEN. BERTHEL, 32nd Dist.
AN ACT ELIMINATING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR RESIDENTS WHO
ABANDON STATE RESIDENCY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to (1) establish a 1
rebuttable presumption that persons absent from the state for more than 2
thirty days have abandoned state residency for the purpose of public 3
assistance, and (2) eliminate public assistance for such persons. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit public assistance for persons who leave the state for more
than thirty days.