LCO No. 4651 1 of 2 General Assembly Committee Bill No. 413 January Session, 2021 LCO No. 4651 Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS Introduced by: (VA) AN ACT WAIVING CERTA IN FEES FOR VETERANS FOR OCCUPATIONAL LICENSU RE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, "veteran" 1 has the same meaning as provided in section 27-103 of the general 2 statutes. 3 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, each 4 department head, as defined in section 4-5 of the general statutes, shall 5 waive the fee, for a veteran, for the (1) application, (2) initial license, (3) 6 initial permit, (4) initial registration, or (5) other similar initial 7 credential, required under any provision of the general statutes for 8 occupational licensure. 9 (c) Not later than January 1, 2022, each department head shall submit 10 a list, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general 11 statutes, to the General Assembly of all fees waived by such department 12 head under this section and all corresponding statutory and regulatory 13 references for such fees. 14 Committee Bill No. 413 LCO No. 4651 2 of 2 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 from passage New section Statement of Purpose: To waive for veterans the fee for the (1) application, (2) initial license, (3) initial permit, (4) initial registration, or (5) other initial credential, required for occupational licensure. [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.] Co-Sponsors: SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist. S.B. 413