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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5370
February Session, 2022
LCO No. 2462
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT INCREASING THE COMPENSATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN
MILITARY FUNERAL HONOR GUARD DETAILS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 27-76 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 2
When requested by the commander of any accredited veteran 3
organization or by friends or relatives of any deceased person who has 4
served in any of the armed forces of the United States during time of 5
war, as defined in section 27-103, or who has served in the National 6
Guard for more than twenty years or who has died while a member of 7
the National Guard, the Adjutant General shall order an honor guard 8
detail from the National Guard, the naval militia, the State Guard or the 9
organized militia to attend the funeral, except that if an honor guard 10
detail from such guard or militia is unavailable or committed elsewhere, 11
the Adjutant General shall request an honor guard detail from a bona 12
fide Connecticut state veterans' organization, provided such detail shall 13
comply with the rules and procedures set forth in Connecticut National 14
Guard regulation 37-106. Such detail shall consist of not more than five 15 Raised Bill No. 5370
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members plus one bugler. The members thereof shall be compensated 16
at the rate of [fifty] sixty dollars per day. Such compensation shall be 17
paid from funds appropriated to the Adjutant General for the pay of the 18
National Guard and from federal funds received for that purpose. 19
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2022 27-76
VA Joint Favorable C/R APP
APP Joint Favorable