LCO No. 5254 1 of 2 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1381 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 5254 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY Introduced by: (PS) AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT WING CIVIL AIR PATROL YOUTH CAMPS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 19a-421 of the general statutes is 1 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2 1, 2025): 3 (a) (1) No person shall establish, conduct or maintain a youth camp 4 without a license issued by the office, except the Connecticut Wing Civil 5 Air Patrol within the Department of Emergency Services and Public 6 Protection may establish, conduct or maintain a youth camp without a 7 license. 8 (2) Applications for such license shall be made in writing at least 9 thirty days prior to the opening of the youth camp on forms provided 10 and in accordance with procedures established by the commissioner 11 and shall be accompanied by a fee of eight hundred fifteen dollars or, if 12 the applicant is a nonprofit, nonstock corporation or association, a fee of 13 three hundred fifteen dollars or, if the applicant is a day camp affiliated 14 with a nonprofit organization, for no more than five days duration and 15 Raised Bill No. 1381 LCO No. 5254 2 of 2 for which labor and materials are donated, no fee. 16 (3) All such licenses shall be valid for a period of one year from the 17 date of issuance unless surrendered for cancellation or suspended or 18 revoked by the commissioner for violation of this chapter or any 19 regulations adopted under section 19a-428 and shall be renewable upon 20 payment of an eight-hundred-fifteen-dollar license fee or, if the licensee 21 is a nonprofit, nonstock corporation or association, a three-hundred-22 fifteen-dollar license fee or, if the applicant is a day camp affiliated with 23 a nonprofit organization, for no more than five days duration and for 24 which labor and materials are donated, no fee. 25 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 October 1, 2025 19a-421(a) Statement of Purpose: To provide that the Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection may establish, conduct or maintain a youth camp without a license. [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.]