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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 338
February Session, 2022
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF MUNICIPAL VETERANS
SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Veterans 1
Affairs shall conduct a study of veterans services provided by 2
municipalities in this state. Such study shall: (1) Identify municipalities 3
with a local veterans' advisory committee, municipalities with a 4
municipal veterans' representative and municipalities with neither; (2) 5
examine the resources, including, but not limited to, time, financial, 6
technological and human, made available by a municipality to each such 7
committee or representative, as applicable; and (3) compare across all 8
municipalities the level and quality of veterans services provided. 9
(b) Not later than January 1, 2023, the commissioner shall submit to 10
the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 11
cognizance of matters relating to veterans' affairs, in accordance with 12
the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, (1) a report on the 13
findings of such study; and (2) recommendations for legislation to 14
address deficiencies or insufficiencies in the provision of veterans 15
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services by municipalities in this state. 16
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To study veterans services provided by municipalities.
[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.]