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7-General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 338
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6+General Assembly Raised Bill No. 338
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11+Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
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1420 AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF MUNICIPAL VETERANS
1521 SERVICES.
1622 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
1723 Assembly convened:
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1925 Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Veterans 1
20-Affairs shall, within available appropriations, conduct a study of 2
21-veterans services provided by municipalities in this state. Such study 3
22-shall: (1) Identify municipalities with a local veterans' advisory 4
23-committee, municipalities with a municipal veterans' representative 5
24-and municipalities with neither; (2) examine the resources, including, 6
25-but not limited to, time, financial, technological and human, made 7
26-available by a municipality to each such committee or representative, as 8
27-applicable; and (3) compare across all municipalities the level and 9
28-quality of veterans services provided. 10
29-(b) Not later than January 1, 2023, the commissioner shall submit to 11
30-the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 12
31-cognizance of matters relating to veterans' affairs, in accordance with 13
32-the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, (1) a report on the 14
33-findings of any study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this 15
34-section; and (2) recommendations for legislation to address deficiencies 16
35-or insufficiencies in the provision of veterans services by municipalities 17
36-in this state. 18 Substitute Bill No. 338
26+Affairs shall conduct a study of veterans services provided by 2
27+municipalities in this state. Such study shall: (1) Identify municipalities 3
28+with a local veterans' advisory committee, municipalities with a 4
29+municipal veterans' representative and municipalities with neither; (2) 5
30+examine the resources, including, but not limited to, time, financial, 6
31+technological and human, made available by a municipality to each such 7
32+committee or representative, as applicable; and (3) compare across all 8
33+municipalities the level and quality of veterans services provided. 9
34+(b) Not later than January 1, 2023, the commissioner shall submit to 10
35+the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 11
36+cognizance of matters relating to veterans' affairs, in accordance with 12
37+the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, (1) a report on the 13
38+findings of such study; and (2) recommendations for legislation to 14
39+address deficiencies or insufficiencies in the provision of veterans 15
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4343 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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4646 Section 1 from passage New section
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48-VA Joint Favorable Subst.
48+Statement of Purpose:
49+To study veterans services provided by municipalities.
50+[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
51+that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
52+underlined.]
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