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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6728
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 5833
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AND MILITARY
AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING FREE RIDERSHIP FOR VETERANS ON
MODES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ON VETERANS' DAY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) (a) Annually on the eleventh 1
day of November, any person who is a veteran, as defined in section 27-2
103 of the general statutes, shall be exempt from payment of the lawful 3
charge for state-owned or state-controlled bus public transportation 4
service, provided such person presents to the fare inspector, as defined 5
in section 13b-2 of the general statutes, or the driver of such bus, as 6
applicable, a motor vehicle operator's license or identity card indicating 7
such person's status as a veteran, as provided in subsection (e) of section 8
14-36h of the general statutes. 9
(b) Not later than January 1, 2026, the Commissioner of 10
Transportation shall (1) study the feasibility of annually exempting 11
veterans, by January 1, 2030, from payment of any charge, fee or fare 12
associated with riding all modes of public transportation in this state on 13
the eleventh day of November, and (2) if feasible, develop a plan to 14 Committee Bill No. 6728
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implement such an exemption. Not later than February 1, 2026, the 15
commissioner shall submit, in accordance with the provisions of section 16
11-4a of the general statutes, a report detailing the results of such study 17
and recommendations for legislation to carry out such plan to the joint 18
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 19
matters relating to transportation and veterans' affairs. 20
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section
VA Joint Favorable