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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 338
February Session, 2022
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, within available appropriations, conduct a study of 2
veterans services provided by municipalities in this state. Such study 3
shall: (1) Identify municipalities with a local veterans' advisory 4
committee, municipalities with a municipal veterans' representative 5
and municipalities with neither; (2) examine the resources, including, 6
but not limited to, time, financial, technological and human, made 7
available by a municipality to each such committee or representative, as 8
applicable; and (3) compare across all municipalities the level and 9
quality of veterans services provided. 10
(b) Not later than January 1, 2023, the commissioner shall submit to 11
the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 12
cognizance of matters relating to veterans' affairs, in accordance with 13
the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, (1) a report on the 14
findings of any study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this 15
section; and (2) recommendations for legislation to address deficiencies 16
or insufficiencies in the provision of veterans services by municipalities 17
in this state. 18 Substitute Bill No. 338
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
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