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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 3100 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6747 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 3100 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AND MILITARY | |
| 11 | 11 | AFFAIRS | |
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| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | Introduced by: | |
| 15 | 15 | REP. NOLAN, 39th Dist. | |
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| 19 | 19 | AN ACT EXCLUDING VETERANS' FEDERAL SERVICE -CONNECTED | |
| 20 | 20 | DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR PURPOSES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR | |
| 21 | 21 | ASSISTANCE FROM A PUBLIC DEFENDER. | |
| 22 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 23 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 25 | 25 | That section 51-279 of the general statutes be amended to provide 1 | |
| 26 | 26 | that, if a criminal defendant has requested representation by a public 2 | |
| 27 | 27 | defender based on indigency, any determination as to such defendant's 3 | |
| 28 | 28 | financial ability at the time of such request to secure competent legal 4 | |
| 29 | 29 | representation and to provide other necessary expenses of legal 5 | |
| 30 | 30 | representation shall disregard any service-connected disability benefits 6 | |
| 31 | 31 | administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. 7 | |
| 32 | 32 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 33 | 33 | To exclude veterans' federal service-connected disability benefits from | |
| 34 | 34 | consideration when determining eligibility for assistance from a public | |
| 35 | 35 | defender based on indigency. |