Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-100f — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-100f
Sec. 27-100f. Internet informational page listing benefits, services or programs. Internet publication of content dedicated to matters of concern for women veterans. List of qualified veterans' charitable organizations.
Status: in_force

(2) The department shall also publish on the Internet content dedicated to matters of concern for women veterans, including, but not limited to, any relevant information, links to services and benefits for which women veterans may be eligible and contact information for the veterans' advocacy and assistance unit for purposes of providing front-line support of and assistance with women veterans issues.

(b) On and after July 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, or the commissioner's designee, shall, within available appropriations, publish a list of qualified veterans' charitable organizations. The commissioner shall place any qualified veterans' charitable organization on such list for a period of three years. Organizations may apply and reapply to the commissioner for inclusion on the list by submitting information regarding such organization's status to the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, and any additional information the commissioner deems necessary to determine whether such organization constitutes a qualified veterans' charitable organization. A qualified veterans' charitable organization is one which: (1) Holds itself out to be established for any benevolent, educational, philanthropic, humane, scientific, patriotic, social welfare or advocacy purpose relating to or on behalf of veterans; and (2) has been (A) a nonstock corporation, organized under chapter 602, or any predecessor thereto, for three or more years, or (B) a tax exempt organization under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, for three or more consecutive years. The list of qualified veterans' charitable organizations, a link to such organization's Internet web site, and the qualifications for inclusion on such list set forth in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection, shall be published on the informational Internet web site established in this section and shall bear a disclaimer as follows: “This list is prepared for the public solely for the purpose of information. The state of Connecticut provides no warranty about the content or accuracy of the content herein.”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-258 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-258
Sec. 27-258. Larceny; wrongful appropriation.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person found guilty of larceny or wrongful appropriation shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-143 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-143
Sec. 27-143. Dismissal of commissioned officer.
Status: in_force

(b) If the Governor fails to convene a general court-martial within six months from the presentation of an application for trial under this code, the Adjutant General shall substitute for the dismissal ordered by the Governor a form of discharge authorized for administrative issue.

(c) If a discharge is substituted for a dismissal under this code, the Governor alone may reappoint the officer to such commissioned grade and with such rank as, in the opinion of the Governor, that former officer would have attained had he not been dismissed. The reappointment of such a former officer may be made only if a vacancy is available under applicable tables of organization. All time between the dismissal and the reappointment shall be considered as actual service for all purposes, including the right to pay and allowances.

(d) If an officer is discharged from the organized militia by administrative action or by board proceedings under law, or is dropped from the rolls by order of the Governor, he has no right to trial under this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-135 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-135
Sec. 27-135. Assistance provided by municipalities re veterans services and benefits.
Status: in_force

(b) Prior to October 1, 2023:

(1) Any city or town, either separately or with one or more other cities and towns, may, by ordinance, establish a local veterans' advisory committee which shall have the responsibility of carrying out locally the duties and purposes of this subsection and, within their charter powers and as otherwise provided by law, may make available to such local committees the necessary funds to carry out their duties and responsibilities. The committee may (A) act as the coordinating agency in all matters concerning veterans and their dependents, coordinating the activities of public and private facilities concerned with veterans' reemployment, education, rehabilitation and adjustment to peacetime living; (B) cooperate with all national, state and local governmental and private agencies in securing services and benefits to which a veteran or his dependents may be entitled; (C) use the services and facilities of the veterans organizations so far as possible to carry out the purposes of this subsection; and (D) encourage and coordinate vocational training services for veterans.

(2) (A) Any city or town that has not established its own local veterans' advisory committee separate from one or more other cities or towns pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection and does not otherwise provide funding for a veterans' service officer shall designate (i) a city or town employee, or (ii) a volunteer who is a resident of such city or town, and (I) is a veteran, or (II) has practical experience handling veterans' issues, to serve as a municipal veterans representative in such city or town. The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs shall annually send to the chief executive officer of any such city or town an electronic notification of such chief executive officer's duty to so designate a city or town employee or volunteer in accordance with this subdivision. Such chief executive officer shall, not later than thirty days after receipt of such notification, submit to the Office of Advocacy and Assistance, as described in subsection (b) of section 27-102 l , the name and electronic mail address of the city or town employee or volunteer so designated.

(B) Each municipal veterans representative shall carry out the duties described in subdivision (1) of this subsection and shall complete a training course conducted by the Office of Advocacy and Assistance, as described in subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of section 27-102 l , or attend a training session conducted by the manager of said office, as described in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of said section. Each municipal veterans representative designated on or after October 1, 2019, but prior to October 1, 2023, shall complete such training course not later than one year after the date of such designation. Upon completion of such training course, a municipal veterans representative may thereafter receive electronically any new or updated training information from the Office of Advocacy and Assistance and shall not be required to complete any other such training course.

(C) Any volunteer designated as a municipal veterans representative by a city or town pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subsection shall (i) be available to veterans in person, by telephone or by electronic mail for any minimum number of hours per week that the city or town designating the volunteer may establish, and (ii) file a performance report each month with the city or town designating the volunteer that includes, but is not limited to, the names of veterans assisted, services or referrals provided and any other information as determined by the city or town.

(c) On and after October 1, 2023:

(1) (A) Each municipality shall, for the purposes of carrying out the duties and responsibilities of this subsection:

(i) Establish, by ordinance, a municipal veterans advisory committee. Such ordinance shall set forth the number of members of such committee, the method of the members' selection, the members' terms of office and the manner of filling any vacancy. The municipality may make available to such committee the necessary funds to carry out such duties and responsibilities;

(ii) Appoint a director of municipal veterans services, who shall be a veteran or have practical experience handling veterans' issues and shall be compensated by such municipality; or

(iii) Appoint one or more municipal veterans representatives, each of whom shall be a veteran or have practical experience handling veterans' issues and shall be a current municipal employee or volunteer.

(B) (i) Two or more municipalities may jointly carry out the duties and responsibilities under this subsection, provided such municipalities shall enter into a memorandum of agreement or understanding for such purpose, which memorandum may include terms concerning sharing of expenses.

(ii) Any municipality that, prior to October 1, 2023, enacted an ordinance establishing a committee, appointed a director or designated a representative pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall have satisfied the requirement under this subdivision.

(2) (A) Each municipal veterans advisory committee, director of municipal veterans services or municipal veterans representative, as applicable, shall (i) assist veterans and veterans' dependents in accessing services and benefits to which such veterans or dependents may be entitled; (ii) assist in coordinating the activities of public and private facilities concerned with veterans' reemployment, education, rehabilitation and adjustment to peacetime living; (iii) cooperate with all national, state and local governmental and private providers in connecting veterans and veterans' dependents with services and benefits to which such veterans or dependents may be entitled; (iv) encourage and coordinate vocational training services for veterans; and (v) coordinate with veterans organizations, as practicable, to carry out the purposes of this subsection.

(B) A member of such committee designated by such committee, or such director or representative, as applicable, shall (i) be available to veterans in person, by telephone or by electronic mail for a minimum number of days or hours per week, as determined by the municipality; (ii) file with the municipality each month a report that includes, but is not limited to, the names of veterans and veterans' dependents who were provided assistance, the services or referrals that were provided and any other information required by the municipality; and (iii) not later than one year after such member's, director's or representative's designation or appointment, as applicable, complete a veterans benefits and programs training course conducted pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of section 27-102 l by the Office of Advocacy and Assistance within the Department of Veterans Affairs, except that any such member, director or representative who completed such training course pursuant to subsection (b) of this section prior to October 1, 2023, shall have satisfied the requirement under this clause. After completion of such training course, such member, director or representative may thereafter receive electronically any new or updated training information from said office and shall not be required to complete any other such training course.

(3) The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs shall annually notify each municipality's chief executive officer of the requirement under subdivision (1) of this subsection. Not later than thirty days after receipt of such notification, the chief executive officer shall provide to the Office of Advocacy and Assistance the name and electronic mail address of each member of the municipal veterans advisory committee, the director of municipal veterans services or each municipal veterans representative, as applicable.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-2 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-2
Sec. 27-2. Classes of militia.
Status: in_force

State guard is part of the militia of the state and the provisions of chapter apply to it. 12 CS 21.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-210 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-210
Sec. 27-210. Vacation of suspension of sentence.
Status: in_force

(b) The record of the hearing and the recommendation of the officer having special court-martial jurisdiction shall be sent for action to the Governor in cases involving a general court-martial sentence and to the commanding officer of the force of the state military forces of which the probationer is a member in all other cases covered by subsection (a) of this section. If the Governor or commanding officer vacates the suspension, any unexecuted part of the sentence except a dismissal shall be executed.

(c) The suspension of any other sentence may be vacated by any authority competent to convene, for the command in which the accused is serving or assigned, a court of the kind that imposed the sentence.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-38 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-38
Sec. 27-38. Form of compact.
Status: in_force

AN INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR MUTUAL MILITARY AID IN AN EMERGENCY

ARTICLE I

1. The purposes of this compact are:

a. To provide for mutual military aid and assistance in an emergency by the military forces of a signatory state to the military forces of the other signatory states, or of the United States, including among other military missions, the protection of interstate bridges, tunnels, ferries, pipelines, communications facilities and other vital installations, plants and facilities; and the military support of civil defense agencies;

b. To provide for the fresh pursuit in case of an emergency, by the military forces or any part or member thereof of a signatory state into another state, of insurrectionists, saboteurs, enemies or enemy forces or persons seeking or appearing to seek to overthrow the government of the United States or of a signatory state;

c. To make provisions for the powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities of the members of the military forces of a signatory state while so engaged outside of their own state.

2. a. “Emergency” as used in this compact shall mean and include invasion or other hostile action, disaster, insurrection or imminent danger thereof.

b. “State” as used in this compact shall include any signatory state.

c. “Military forces” as used in this compact shall include the organized militia, or any force thereof, of a signatory state.

ARTICLE II

This compact shall become effective as to the signatory states when the legislatures thereof have approved it and when the Congress has given its consent either before or after the date hereof. Any state not a party to this compact at the date hereof may become a party hereto.

ARTICLE III

The Governor of each signatory state or his designated military representative shall constitute the Committee for Mutual Military Aid for the signatory states. It shall be the duty of the Committee for Mutual Military Aid to make joint plans for the employment of the military forces of the signatory states for mutual military aid and assistance in case of emergency.

ARTICLE IV

1. It shall be the duty of each signatory state to integrate its plan for the employment of its military forces in case of emergency with the joint plans recommended by the Committee for Mutual Military Aid and with the emergency plans of the armed forces of the United States.

2. In case of emergency, upon the request of the Governor of a signatory state, the Governor of each signatory state, to the extent consistent with the needs of his own state, shall order its military forces or such part thereof as he, in his discretion, may find necessary, to assist the military forces of the requesting state in order to carry out the purposes set forth in this compact. In such case, it shall be the duty of the Governor of each signatory state receiving such a request to issue the necessary orders for such use of the military forces of his state without the borders of his state and to direct the commander of such forces to place them under the operational control of the commander of the forces of the requesting state or of the United States which may be engaged in meeting the emergency.

3. The Governor of any signatory state, in his discretion, may recall the military forces of his state serving without its borders or any part or any member of such forces.

ARTICLE V

In case of an emergency, any unit or member of the military forces of a signatory state which has been ordered into active service by the Governor may upon order of the officer in immediate command thereof continue beyond the borders of his own state into another signatory state in fresh pursuit of insurrectionists, saboteurs, enemies or enemy forces or persons seeking or appearing to seek to overthrow the government of the United States or of any one of the signatory states, until they are apprehended by such unit or member. Any such person who shall be apprehended or captured in a signatory state by a unit or member of the military forces of another signatory state shall without unnecessary delay be surrendered to the military or police forces of the state in which he is taken or to the forces of the United States. Such surrender shall not constitute a waiver by the state of the military forces making the capture, of its right to extradite or prosecute such persons for any crime committed in that state.

ARTICLE VI

1. Whenever the military forces or any part thereof of any signatory state are engaged outside of their own state in carrying out the purposes of this compact, the individual members of such military forces so engaged shall not be liable, civilly or criminally, for any act or acts done by them in the performance of their duty.

2. The individual members of such forces shall have the same powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities as the members of the military forces of the state in which they are engaged, but in any event,

3. Each signatory state shall save harmless any member of its military forces wherever serving and any member of the military forces of any other signatory state serving within its borders for any act or acts done by them in the performance of their duty while engaged in carrying out the purposes of this compact.

ARTICLE VII

1. Each signatory state shall provide, in the same amounts and manner as if they were on duty within their own state, for the pay and allowances of the personnel of its military forces, and for the medical and hospital expenses, disability and death benefits, pensions and funeral expenses of wounded, injured or sick personnel and of dependents or representatives of deceased personnel of its military forces, in case such personnel shall suffer wounds, injuries, disease, disability or death while engaged without the state pursuant to this compact and while going to and returning from such other signatory state. Each signatory state shall provide in the same amounts and manner as if they were on duty within their own state for the logistical support and for other costs and expenses of its military forces while engaged without the state pursuant to this compact and while going to and returning from such other signatory state.

2. Any signatory state rendering outside aid in case of insurrection or disaster not the result of invasion or hostile action, shall, if it so elects, be reimbursed by the signatory state receiving such aid for the pay and allowances of its personnel, logistical support and all other costs and expenses referred to in Section 1 of this Article and incurred in connection with the request for aid. Such election shall be exercised by the Governor of the aiding state presenting to the Governor of the requesting state.

ARTICLE VIII

Nothing in this compact shall be construed to limit or restrict the power of any signatory state in case of an emergency affecting that state only, to provide for the internal defense of any part of the territory of said state or for the protection and control of any bridge, tunnel, ferry, installation, plant or facility or any part thereof within the borders of such state or to prohibit the enforcement of any laws, rules and regulations or the execution of any plan with regard thereto.

ARTICLE IX

This compact shall continue in force and remain binding on each signatory state until the legislature or the Governor of such state gives notice of withdrawal therefrom. Such notice of withdrawal shall not be effective until six months after said notice has been given to the Governor of each of the other signatory states.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-200 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-200
Sec. 27-200. Place of confinement. Hard labor.
Status: in_force

(b) The omission of the words “hard labor” from any sentence or punishment of a court-martial adjudging confinement does not deprive the authority executing that sentence or punishment of the power to require hard labor as a part of the punishment.

(c) The keepers, officers, and wardens of community correctional centers and of other jails, penitentiaries, or prisons designated by the Governor, or by such person as he may authorize to act under section 27-150 , shall receive persons ordered into confinement before trial and persons committed to confinement by a military court and shall confine them according to law. No such keeper, officer, or warden may require payment of any fee or charge for so receiving or confining a person.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-109a — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-109a
Sec. 27-109a. Veterans' health registry. Disclosure of registry information.
Status: in_force

(b) The surveys and data shall be related to members' illnesses and potential correlations to environmental hazards, including, but not limited to, vaccinations, infections, chemicals, pesticides, microwaves, depleted uranium, pyridostigmine bromide, and chemical and biological warfare agents. Within available resources, the department may use the data in the registry to (1) study the potential short-term and long-term effects of such hazards on such members, and (2) inform, customize and coordinate the provision of health care services to such members.

(c) No individually identifiable health information may be released by the department without the consent of the member to whom the information pertains in accordance with the requirements of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-191) (HIPAA), as amended from time to time, or regulations adopted thereunder.

(d) The surveys and data in the registry shall be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 , except that no individually identifiable health information may be disclosed.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-33 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-33
Sec. 27-33. Leave from employment to attend drills, parades and encampments.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 5-259d re leave of absence for state employees called to active service in the armed forces for a military operation, war or national emergency.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-221 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-221
Sec. 27-221. Solicitation to desertion, mutiny, misbehavior or sedition.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person subject to this code who solicits or advises another or others to commit an act of misbehavior before the enemy in violation of section 27-238 or sedition in violation of section 27-233 shall, if the offense solicited or advised is committed, be punished with the punishment provided for the commission of the offense, but, if the offense solicited or advised is not committed, he shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-55 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-55
Sec. 27-55. Period of enlistment and qualifications.
Status: in_force

Acceptance of petition for organization of company as constituting an enlistment. 40 C. 286.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-192 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-192
Sec. 27-192. Sworn testimony in record of court of inquiry admissible, when.
Status: in_force

(b) Such testimony may be read in evidence only by the defense in cases extending to the dismissal of a commissioned officer.

(c) Such testimony may also be read in evidence before a court of inquiry or a military board.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-61a — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-61a
Sec. 27-61a. Additional pay for active service on or after September 11, 2001.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) On and after July 1, 2005, the Adjutant General shall pay each eligible member or veteran the amount of fifty dollars for each month or major part thereof of active service by such eligible member or veteran on or after September 11, 2001. On and before June 30, 2007, the maximum payment to any eligible member or veteran shall not exceed five hundred dollars.

(2) On and after July 1, 2007, the maximum payment to any eligible member or veteran under this subsection shall not exceed five hundred dollars, except that such maximum payment shall not exceed one thousand two hundred dollars if, during such active service, such eligible member or veteran is or was deployed to an area designated as a combat zone by the President of the United States.

(3) No payment shall be made under this subsection to any eligible member or veteran who makes application for such payment later than three years after the date of the cessation of such operations in which such member or veteran served.

(c) The Adjutant General, in consultation with the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section. Such regulations shall include procedures for verification of eligibility of an eligible member or veteran and for the application for and payment of the amounts specified in this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-140cc — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-140cc
Sec. 27-140cc. Duties of commission. Reports.
Status: in_force

(b) The commission shall not disclose information received pursuant to this part so as to divulge the identities of the persons to whom it relates except as is necessary to carry out the purposes of this part.

(c) The commission shall submit a preliminary report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before April 1, 1983, on its findings, recommendations and conclusions. The commission shall submit annual reports thereafter on or before February fifteenth of each year with a final report due on or before February 15, 1987.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-106 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-106
Sec. 27-106. Duties of commissioner re Veterans Residential Services facility and Healthcare Center. Expenditures from institutional general welfare fund. November eleventh exercises.
Status: in_force

(b) The chief fiscal officer shall submit a semiannual plain language report to each resident of the Veterans Residential Services facility and patient of the Healthcare Center detailing the manner in which the institutional general welfare fund was used over the previous six months to directly benefit veterans, said facility or the Healthcare Center. Such report shall include a prominently displayed statement encouraging residents to submit suggestions for projects to be funded by the institutional general welfare fund and a form for such submissions.

(c) The chief fiscal officer shall submit an itemized list of expenditures made from the institutional general welfare fund to the commissioner at intervals not greater than two months. Such list shall include all such expenditures made during the two-month period preceding its submission. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4-56 , the commissioner shall prescribe procedures to limit and specify the uses for which expenditures may be made from the institutional general welfare fund so that only expenditures that, in the opinion of the commissioner and the Board of Trustees for the Department of Veterans Affairs appointed pursuant to section 27-102n , directly benefit veterans, the Veterans Residential Services facility or the Healthcare Center are permitted.

(d) In addition to the estimate of expenditure requirements required under section 4-77 , the commissioner shall submit an accounting of all planned expenditures for the next fiscal year from the institutional general welfare fund to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies at the time such estimate is submitted.

(e) The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs shall annually hold suitable exercises in the Veterans Residential Services facility on November eleventh recognizing resident veterans for their military service.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-224 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-224
Sec. 27-224. Desertion.
Status: in_force

(b) Any commissioned officer of the state military forces who, after tender of his resignation and before notice of its acceptance, quits his post or proper duties without leave and with intent to remain away therefrom permanently is guilty of desertion.

(c) Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-175 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-175
Sec. 27-175. Advice of staff judge advocate and reference for trial. Corrections in charges and specifications.
Status: in_force

(b) The advice of the staff judge advocate under subsection (a) of this section with respect to a specification under a charge shall include a written and signed statement by the staff judge advocate (1) expressing his conclusions with respect to each matter set forth in subsection (a) of this section; and (2) recommending action that the convening authority take regarding the specification. If the specification is referred for trial, the recommendation of the staff judge advocate shall accompany the specification.

(c) If the charges or specifications are not formally correct or do not conform to the substance of the evidence contained in the report of the investigating officer, formal corrections, and such changes in the charges and specifications as are needed to make them conform to the evidence, may be made.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-212 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-212
Sec. 27-212. Remission or suspension of unexecuted part of sentence. Substitution of administrative discharge for court-martial discharge.
Status: in_force

(b) The Governor may, for good cause, substitute an administrative form of discharge for a discharge or dismissal executed in accordance with the sentence of a court-martial.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-5 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-5
Sec. 27-5. Naval militia.
Status: in_force

(b) The twenty-four gun frigate H.M.S. Rose shall be commissioned as a vessel of the naval militia. The H.M.S. Rose Foundation, Inc., shall be responsible for the cost of maintaining the H.M.S. Rose and no state funds shall be appropriated or expended for such purpose.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-49 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-49
Sec. 27-49. Appointment of commissioned officers.
Status: in_force

Governor need not style himself as such in signing commission but may sign in his military capacity. 17 C. 570. Commission accepted by the General Assembly is proof of official character. Id.; 91 C. 440.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-37 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-37
Sec. 27-37. Interstate compacts for mutual military aid.
Status: in_force

(b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or interpreted as expressing a limitation, directly or indirectly, of the power of the governor to enter into, and to amend or supplement, such compacts, with legal force and effect and without the legislative authorization expressed herein.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-196 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-196
Sec. 27-196. Record of proceedings. Authentication. Copy to accused.
Status: in_force

(b) A copy of the record of the proceedings of each general and special court-martial shall be given to the accused as soon as it is authenticated. If a verbatim record of trial by general court-martial is not required by subsection (a) of this section, but has been made, the accused may buy such record under such regulations as the Governor may prescribe.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-205 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-205
Sec. 27-205. Convening authority may order rehearing.
Status: in_force

(b) Each rehearing shall take place before a court-martial composed of members not members of the court-martial which first heard the case. Upon a rehearing the accused may not be tried for any offense of which he was found not guilty by the first court-martial, and no sentence in excess or more severe than the original sentence shall be imposed, unless the sentence is based upon a finding of guilty of an offense not considered upon the merits in the original proceedings, or unless the sentence prescribed for the offense is mandatory.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-140dd — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-140dd
Sec. 27-140dd. Duties of department.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 52-577b re limitation of actions for damages caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides in Indo-China.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-101 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 505 / Section 27-101
Sec. 27-101. Definition.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 53-206b re unlawful training in use of firearms or explosive or incendiary devices.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-179 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-179
Sec. 27-179. Censure of court or member, coercion prohibited.
Status: in_force

(b) In the preparation of an effectiveness, fitness, or efficiency report or any other report or document used in whole or in part for the purpose of determining whether a member of the state military forces is qualified to be advanced in grade, or in determining the assignment or transfer of a member of the state military forces, or in determining whether a member of the state military forces should be retained on duty, no person subject to this chapter may, in preparing any such report (1) consider or evaluate the performance of duty of any such member of a court-martial; or (2) give a less favorable rating or evaluation of any member of the state military forces because of the zeal with which such member as defense counsel represented any accused before a court-martial.

(c) Any person who violates this section shall be punished as a court-martial directs.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-145 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-145
Sec. 27-145. Judge advocates and legal officers.
Status: in_force

(b) The Adjutant General may appoint as many assistant state judge advocates as he considers necessary. To be eligible for appointment, assistant state judge advocates must be officers of the state military forces and members of the bar of the highest court of the state.

(c) The State Judge Advocate or his assistants shall make frequent inspections in the field in supervision of the administration of military justice.

(d) Convening authorities shall at all times communicate directly with their staff judge advocates or legal officer in matters relating to the administration of military justice; and the staff judge advocate or legal officer of any command is entitled to communicate directly with the staff judge advocate or legal officer of a superior or subordinate command, or with the State Judge Advocate.

(e) No person who has acted as member, military judge, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, assistant defense counsel, or investigating officer, or who has been a witness for either the prosecution or defense, in any case may later act as staff judge advocate or legal officer to any reviewing authority upon the same case.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-213 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-213
Sec. 27-213. Restoration of rights and property after sentence set aside or disapproved. Different form of discharge after new trial. Reappointment of officer after new trial.
Status: in_force

(b) If a previously executed sentence of dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge is not imposed on a new trial, the Governor shall substitute therefor a form of discharge authorized for administrative issuance unless the accused is to serve out the remainder of his enlistment.

(c) If a previously executed sentence of dismissal is not imposed on a new trial, the Governor shall substitute therefor a form of discharge authorized for administrative issue, and the commissioned officer dismissed by that sentence may be reappointed by the Governor alone to such commissioned grade and with such rank as in the opinion of the governor that former officer would have attained had he not been dismissed. The reappointment of such a former officer may be made if a position vacancy is available under applicable tables of organization. All time between the dismissal and reappointment shall be considered as service for all purposes.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-180 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-180
Sec. 27-180. Court-martial. Prosecution. Trial counsel. Defense counsel. Assistant counsel.
Status: in_force

(b) The accused has the right to be represented in his defense before a general or special court-martial by civilian counsel if provided by him, or by military counsel of his own selection if reasonably available, or by the defense counsel detailed under section 27-168 . Should the accused have counsel of his own selection, the defense counsel, and assistant defense counsel, if any, who were detailed, shall, if the accused so desires, act as his associate counsel; otherwise they shall be excused at the request of the accused.

(c) In every court-martial proceeding, the defense counsel may, in the event of conviction, forward for attachment to the record of proceedings a brief of such matters as such defense counsel feels should be considered on behalf of the accused on review, including any objection to the contents of the record which such defense counsel considers appropriate.

(d) An assistant trial counsel of a general court-martial may, under the direction of the trial counsel or when he is qualified to be a trial counsel as required by section 27-168 , perform any duty imposed by law, regulation, or the custom of the service upon the trial counsel of the court. An assistant trial counsel of a special court-martial may perform any duty of the trial counsel.

(e) An assistant defense counsel of a general or special court-martial may, under the direction of the defense counsel or when he is qualified to be the defense counsel as required by section 27-168 , perform any duty imposed by law, regulation, or the custom of the service upon counsel for the accused.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-209 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-209
Sec. 27-209. Rights of accused before reviewing authority.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon the request of an accused entitled to be so represented, the State Judge Advocate shall appoint a lawyer who is a member of the state military forces and who has the qualifications prescribed in section 27-168 , if available, to represent the accused before the reviewing authority, before the staff judge advocate or legal officer, as the case may be, and before the State Judge Advocate, in the review of cases specified in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) If provided by him, an accused entitled to be so represented may be represented by civilian counsel before the reviewing authority, before the staff judge advocate or legal officer, as the case may be, and before the State Judge Advocate.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-185 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-185
Sec. 27-185. Statute of limitations.
Status: in_force

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person charged with desertion in time of peace or with the offense punishable under section 27-256 is not liable to be tried by court-martial if the offense was committed more than three years before the receipt of sworn charges and specifications by an officer exercising summary court-martial jurisdiction over the command.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person charged with any offense is not liable to be tried by court-martial or punished under section 27-154 if the offense was committed more than two years before the receipt of sworn charges and specifications by an officer exercising summary court-martial jurisdiction over the command or before the imposition of punishment under said section.

(d) Periods in which the accused was absent from territory in which the state has the authority to apprehend him, or in the custody of civil authorities, or in the hands of the enemy, shall be excluded in computing the period of limitation prescribed in this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-181 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-181
Sec. 27-181. Sessions.
Status: in_force

(b) When the members of a court-martial deliberate or vote, only the members may be present. All other proceedings, including any other consultation of the court with counsel or the military judge, shall be made a part of the record and shall be in the presence of the accused, the defense counsel, the trial counsel and, in cases in which a military judge has been appointed to the court, the military judge.

See Sec. 27-193 re secret ballot voting by members of court-martial and re powers and duties of military judge.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-24 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-24
Sec. 27-24. Assistant adjutants general for Connecticut Army National Guard and Air National Guard. Designation of administrative assistant and deputy to Adjutant General and deputy chief of staff to Governor.
Status: in_force

(b) The Adjutant General shall appoint an assistant adjutant general for the Connecticut Air National Guard, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Adjutant General. He shall hold the rank of brigadier general and shall be a member of the Governor's military staff during his incumbency of the office. He shall have had at least five years of commissioned service in the Connecticut Air National Guard or the air forces of the United States or a total of at least five years in both services.

(c) The Adjutant General shall designate either the assistant adjutant general for the Connecticut Army National Guard or the assistant adjutant general for the Connecticut Air National Guard to serve as administrative assistant and deputy to the Adjutant General and as deputy chief of staff to the Governor. Such assistant adjutant general (1) shall perform all of the duties of the Adjutant General in his absence, during his inability or by his direction and (2) shall devote all of his time, during the office hours of the Military Department, to the duties of his office. The assistant adjutant general not so designated shall perform such duties, consistent with his grade and position, as the Adjutant General shall direct.

(d) No person shall be appointed to the office of, or continue to serve as, assistant adjutant general upon attaining the age of sixty-four years.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-193 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-193
Sec. 27-193. Voting by members of court-martial. Rulings on questions. Determinations by military judge.
Status: in_force

(b) The military judge and, except for questions of challenge, the president of a court-martial without a military judge shall rule upon all questions of law and all interlocutory questions arising during the proceedings. Any such ruling by the military judge upon any question of law or any interlocutory question other than the factual issue of mental responsibility of the accused, or by the president of a court-martial without a military judge upon any question of law other than a motion for a finding of not guilty, is final and constitutes the ruling of the court; provided the military judge or the president of a court-martial without a military judge may change any such ruling at any time during the trial. Unless such ruling is final, if any member objects thereto, the court shall be cleared and closed and the question decided by a voice vote as provided in section 27-194 beginning with the junior in rank.

(c) Before a vote is taken on the findings, the military judge or the president of a court-martial without a military judge shall, in the presence of the accused and counsel, instruct the court as to the elements of the offense and charge the court: (1) That the accused must be presumed to be innocent until his guilt is established by legal and competent evidence beyond reasonable doubt; (2) that in the case being considered, if there is a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the accused, the doubt must be resolved in favor of the accused and he must be acquitted; (3) that, if there is a reasonable doubt as to the degree of guilt, the finding must be in a lower degree as to which there is no reasonable doubt, and (4) that the burden of proof of establishing the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt is upon the state.

(d) Subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section shall not apply to a court-martial composed of a military judge only. The military judge of such a court-martial shall determine all questions of law and fact arising during the procedures and, if the accused is convicted, adjudge an appropriate sentence. The military judge of such a court-martial shall make a general finding and shall, in addition to such finding, on request, find the facts specially. If an opinion or memorandum of decision is filed, it shall be sufficient if the findings of fact appear therein.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-102a — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 505a / Section 27-102a
Sec. 27-102a. Exemption from fees, taxes and fines for members of armed forces.
Status: in_force

(b) Any member of the armed forces of any state or of any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States who has been called to active service in the armed forces of any state of the United States shall be exempt from the payment of any fine or late fee assessed for failure to renew a motor vehicle operator's license or motor vehicle registration or for failure to have emissions inspection performed in a timely manner provided such member renews the license or registration or has the member's vehicle inspected at an official emissions inspection station no later than sixty days following the date such member is released from the qualifying military service.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-146 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-146
Sec. 27-146. Apprehension of offenders. Quelling of disturbances.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person authorized by this code, or by regulation issued under it, to apprehend persons subject to this code, any marshal of a court-martial appointed pursuant to the provisions of this code, and any peace officer authorized to do so by law, may do so upon reasonable belief that an offense has been committed and the person apprehended committed it.

(c) Commissioned officers, warrant officers, petty officers and noncommissioned officers have authority to quell quarrels, frays and disorders among persons subject to this code and to apprehend persons subject to this code who take part therein.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-137 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-137
Sec. 27-137. Acknowledgments by persons serving in armed forces and spouses.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 1-38 re form of acknowledgment of instrument by person in armed forces.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-61 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-61
Sec. 27-61. Definitions. Pay and allowances.
Status: in_force

(1) “Member of the armed forces of the state” means a member of the organized militia, the National Guard, or the naval militia and the marine corps branch of the naval militia, and includes any retired member thereof who is detailed from the retired list in accordance with section 27-54 ; and

(2) “Military duty” means the performance of military service by a member of the armed forces of the state pursuant to competent state military orders, whether paid or unpaid for such military service, including training, performance of emergency response missions and traveling directly to or returning directly from the location of such military service.

(b) For military duty when ordered out by the Governor, except when federal pay has been authorized, each member of the armed forces of the state assigned to a federally recognized National Guard unit in Connecticut shall be paid at the same rate, including longevity pay and allowances, as would be authorized if ordered out by federal authority.

(c) For military duty when ordered out by the Governor, each member of the armed forces of the state in a unit of the organized militia which is not federally recognized shall be paid on the same scale as the federal pay for corresponding grades of the federally recognized National Guard, including longevity pay and allowances. Unless otherwise provided by law, the determination of the corresponding grades in the armed forces of the state shall be made by the Adjutant General.

(d) Each member of the naval militia when ordered out by the Governor, except when federal pay has been authorized, shall receive for each day of military duty the same pay and allowances as are prescribed by the federal government for the corresponding grades of members of the United States Navy.

(e) Members of the armed forces of the state, with the consent of the member and the consent of the Governor, may be ordered to perform military duty, including training, with or without pay and allowances. Prior to being ordered to perform military duty without pay and allowances, such members shall be notified of their right to refuse consent at the time the consent required by this section is sought. Military duty without pay and allowances shall be, for all purposes other than compensation for the duty performed, construed as if it were duty with pay and allowances.

(f) When performing military duty with pay and allowances, members of the armed forces of the state shall be entitled to pay and allowances on the same scale as the corresponding grades of the federally recognized National Guard. Any such member who is detailed from the retired list in accordance with section 27-54 shall be entitled to pay and allowances in their state retired grade on the same scale as the corresponding grades of the federally recognized National Guard.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-140ii — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-140ii
Sec. 27-140ii. Assistance to members of the Connecticut National Guard and veterans to obtain federal treatment services for depleted uranium exposure. Report re adequacy of training and feasibility of predeployment training.
Status: in_force

(1) “Eligible member” means a member of the Connecticut National Guard who served in the Persian Gulf War, as defined in 38 USC 101, or in an area designated as a combat zone by the President of the United States during Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom;

(2) “Veteran” means a veteran, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103 , who served as an eligible member;

(3) “Military physician” includes a physician who is under contract with the United States Department of Defense to provide physician services to members of the armed forces; and

(4) “Depleted uranium” means uranium containing less uranium-235 than the naturally occurring distribution of uranium isotopes.

(b) On and after October 1, 2005, the Adjutant General and the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs shall assist any eligible member or veteran who (1) has been assigned a risk level I, II or III for depleted uranium exposure by his or her branch of service, (2) is referred by a military physician, or (3) has reason to believe that he or she was exposed to depleted uranium during such service, in obtaining federal treatment services, including a best practice health screening test for exposure to depleted uranium using a bioassay procedure involving sensitive methods capable of detecting depleted uranium at low levels and the use of equipment with the capacity to discriminate between different radioisotopes in naturally occurring levels of uranium and the characteristic ratio and marker for depleted uranium. No state funds shall be used to pay for such tests or such other federal treatment services.

(c) On or before October 1, 2005, the Adjutant General shall submit a report to the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to military and veterans' affairs, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , on the scope and adequacy of training received by members of the Connecticut National Guard on detecting whether their service as eligible members is likely to entail, or to have entailed, exposure to depleted uranium. The report shall include an assessment of the feasibility and cost of adding predeployment training concerning potential exposure to depleted uranium and other toxic chemical substances and the precautions recommended under combat and noncombat conditions while in a combat zone.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-53 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-53
Sec. 27-53. Retirement of members. Retirement promotions.
Status: in_force

(b) A retired member of the armed forces of the state or the Governor's military staff, whose service was honorable, who served thirty or more years and who did not apply for a retirement promotion prior to retirement, may apply directly to the Adjutant General to be commissioned at or promoted to the next higher grade than the highest grade at which he or she may have held at any time, either in the armed forces of the state or the Governor's military staff or the armed forces of the United States, which higher grade shall not be above the grade of a brigadier general or sergeant major.

To whom provisions may apply. 12 CS 21.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-33a — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-33a
Sec. 27-33a. Leave from employment to perform military duty.
Status: in_force

(b) The employer of any employee who, as a part of such employee's service in the armed forces of the state, any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the National Guard of any other state, is ordered to perform military duty, including meetings or drills, during regular working hours shall allow such employee leave of absence for such purpose. No such employee shall be subjected by any person, directly or indirectly, to any loss or reduction of vacation or holiday privileges by reason of such absence, or be prejudiced by reason of such absence with reference to promotion or continuance in office or employment, or to reappointment to office or reemployment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-39 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-39
Sec. 27-39. Use, maintenance, security and leasing of military facilities and other military property. Military facilities account. Report.
Status: in_force

(b) The Adjutant General is charged with the responsibility for the use, maintenance, security and leasing of all military facilities and other military property under the provisions for such use imposed by the statutes. Each military facility shall be under the charge of a commissioned officer, designated by the Adjutant General. Each application for the lease or use of such facility shall be made to the Adjutant General, who shall approve or disapprove such application and so advise the applicant. Prior to any such approval, each applicant for lease or use of such facility shall furnish a certificate of insurance or self-insurance indemnifying the state and federal governments against any bodily injury to persons or damage to property. Any cost of such certificate shall be in addition to any other cost incurred as a result of such lease or use. Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, the Adjutant General shall limit the lease or use of military facilities to (1) military organizations, including youth military organizations, (2) nonprofit organizations, (3) organizations receiving state aid, (4) governmental agencies, and (5) members of the armed forces of the state. Proceeds from the lease of military facilities shall be paid to the Adjutant General, who shall promptly transmit such proceeds, except proceeds received from the lease of certain military facilities pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, to the State Treasurer for deposit in the military facilities account established under subsection (f) of this section. The Adjutant General shall, in military facilities where space is available, assign space to veterans' service organizations for their joint uses, subject to the regulations concerning military facilities. Units of the armed forces of the state and veterans' organizations jointly utilizing military facilities shall be allowed the use of the drill shed and such other common areas of the facility.

(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as allowing the lease or use of, or assignment of space in, any military facility (1) on the drill night of any active military organization stationed in the facility or in a manner that conflicts with the military usage of the facility, (2) at a reduced rate, except as provided in subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section, or (3) in a manner that conflicts with federal military regulations or the use of the facility for military purposes. In no case shall any lease approved by the Adjutant General pursuant to subsection (b) of this section permit subleasing.

(d) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the Adjutant General may allow lease or use of any military facility, at a cost not exceeding the actual operating cost of such facility during the period of such lease or use, to (A) any public or private nonprofit elementary or secondary school or any public institution of higher education for purposes of athletic events with respect to which no admission is charged, (B) the American Red Cross for purposes of blood supply programs, (C) any local, state or federal governmental agency, (D) any agricultural or other association that receives state aid, (E) any charitable military organization, or (F) any member of the armed forces of the state for the limited purpose of holding a ceremony to recognize such member's significant military career event, including promotion, receipt of an award, enlistment, commission as an officer, marriage or retirement.

(2) The Adjutant General may allow use of any military facility, at no cost, to any youth military organization.

(e) The Adjutant General may lease the military facilities associated with the first and second companies of the Governor's Horse Guards in the towns of Avon and Newtown to any person, provided the terms of such lease do not conflict with the use of such facilities for military purposes. Proceeds from the lease of such military facilities in Avon and Newtown shall be paid to the Adjutant General, who shall promptly transmit such proceeds to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Governor's Guards horse account established under section 27-19e .

(f) There is established an account to be known as the “military facilities account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain (1) any amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by the state for the purposes of the account, (2) any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account, and (3) gifts, grants, donations or bequests made for the purposes of the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Military Department for the maintenance and renovation of military facilities.

(g) Not later than August first, annually, the Adjutant General shall submit a report of the amount of proceeds received from leasing each military facility and the expenses of each such facility, for the twelve-month period ending on June thirtieth of the same year, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to veterans' affairs, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-173 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-173
Sec. 27-173. Preliminary investigation. Rights of accused.
Status: in_force

(b) The accused shall be advised of the charges against him and of his right to be represented at that investigation by counsel. Upon his own request he shall be represented by civilian counsel if provided by him, or military counsel of his own selection if such counsel is reasonably available, or by counsel detailed by the officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction over the command. At that investigation full opportunity shall be given to the accused to cross-examine witnesses against him if they are available and to present anything he may desire in his own behalf, either in defense or mitigation, and the investigating officer shall examine available witnesses requested by the accused. If the charges are forwarded after the investigation, they shall be accompanied by a statement of the substance of the testimony taken on both sides and a copy thereof shall be given to the accused.

(c) If an investigation of the subject matter of an offense has been conducted before the accused is charged with the offense, and if the accused was present at the investigation and afforded the opportunities for representation, cross-examination, and presentation prescribed in subsection (b) of this section, no further investigation of that charge is necessary under this section unless it is demanded by the accused after he is informed of the charge. A demand for further investigation entitles the accused to recall witnesses for further cross-examination and to offer any new evidence in his own behalf.

(d) Failure to meet any requirement prescribed in this section shall not divest a military court of jurisdiction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-140ee — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-140ee
Sec. 27-140ee. Report concerning veteran who may have been exposed to Vietnam herbicides. Disclosure of information.
Status: in_force

(b) The identity of a veteran about whom a report has been made under this section may not be disclosed unless the veteran consents to the disclosure. Any statistical information collected under this part shall be public information.

(c) Any physician, advanced practice registered nurse or hospital subject to this section who complies with the provisions of this section may not be held civilly or criminally liable for providing the information required by this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-170 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-170
Sec. 27-170. Absent and additional members.
Status: in_force

(b) Whenever a general court-martial other than a general court-martial composed of a military judge only is reduced below five members, the trial shall not proceed unless the convening authority details new members sufficient in number to provide not less than five members. When the new members have been sworn, the trial shall proceed as if no evidence had previously been introduced, unless the accused stipulates to the reading of the recorded testimony of each witness previously examined to the court in the presence of the military judge, the accused and counsel.

(c) Whenever a special court-martial other than a special court-martial composed of a military judge only is reduced below three members, the trial shall not proceed unless the convening authority details new members sufficient in number to provide not less than three members. When the new members have been sworn, the trial shall proceed as if no evidence has previously been introduced, unless the accused stipulates to the reading of the verbatim record of the testimony of previously examined witnesses or a stipulation thereof to the court in the presence of the accused and counsel.

(d) If the military judge of a court-martial composed of a military judge only is unable to proceed with the trial because of physical disability, or as a result of a challenge, or for other good cause, the trial shall proceed, subject to any applicable provision of this chapter, after the appointment of a new military judge as if no other evidence had previously been introduced, unless a verbatim record of the evidence previously introduced or a stipulation thereof is read in court in the presence of the new military judge, the accused and counsel for both sides.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-102n — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-102n
Sec. 27-102n. Board of Trustees for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Members. Duties. Annual report.
Status: in_force

(b) Sixteen members shall be appointed as follows: (1) Ten by the Governor, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, and (2) one each by the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, whose terms shall be coterminous with the term of the appointing authority. Any vacancy on the board shall be filled by the appointing authority in the same manner as the original appointment, for the unexpired portion of the term. Members shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. They shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses in the performance of their duties.

(c) The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, or the commissioner's designee, shall serve as a nonvoting, ex-officio member of the board and shall attend the meetings of the board.

(d) The Governor shall appoint a chairperson from among the membership of the board. The board shall meet at least quarterly and upon the call of the commissioner, the chairperson or a majority of the board members. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. On and after January 1, 2016, any board member, except the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, absent from (1) three consecutive meetings of the board, or (2) fifty per cent of such meetings during any calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned from the board, effective immediately.

(e) The board shall advise and assist the commissioner in the operation of the Veterans Residential Services facility, the Office of Advocacy and Assistance, the administration, expansion or modification of existing programs and services of the department and the development of new programs and services.

(f) The board shall (1) review and approve any regulations prior to adoption by the commissioner concerning: (A) Procedures relating to admission and discharge or transfer of veterans in the Veterans Residential Services facility; (B) a per diem fee schedule for programs, services and benefits provided therein; and (C) the participation of eligible family members in programs or services provided by said facility, and (2) review and comment on (A) the budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs; and (B) major policies relating to the Veterans Residential Services facility.

(g) The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs shall provide the board with information necessary for the board to monitor the performance of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such information shall be provided to the board in a timely manner and shall include, but not be limited to, (1) the department's budget for each fiscal year; (2) quarterly reports on the department's actual revenue and expenditures for the preceding four months; (3) quarterly reports on the staffing levels at the Veterans Residential Services facility, direct care staffing at the Healthcare Center and case manager to resident ratios for the preceding four months; (4) resources management, including current projects and planned projects; (5) quarterly summaries of applications for admission to, departures from and occupancy rates at said facility and admissions to and discharges from the Healthcare Center for the preceding four months; (6) program performance, including programs for employment assistance and assistance to veteran residents interested in securing housing outside of said facility; (7) results of annual resident satisfaction surveys conducted by the department; (8) quarterly reports summarizing incident rates at the Healthcare Center for the preceding four months; (9) reports on the number of rules violations against residents of said facility and patients of the Healthcare Center and penalties issued therefor; (10) performance reports on programs operated by the Office of Advocacy and Assistance within the Department of Veterans Affairs; (11) annual customer satisfaction reports from veterans who request assistance from said office; (12) caseload figures for veterans' service officers; (13) results of any federal and state inspections; (14) quarterly reports summarizing by type, frequency and resolution, concerns raised by residents of the Veterans Residential Services facility and patients of the Healthcare Center, petitions and complaints filed by any such residents or patients and any relatives or authorized representatives of such residents or patients received by the commissioner under subsection (d) of section 27-102 l -54 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies for the four preceding months and copies of any such petitions and complaints; and (15) the bylaws, minutes of meetings and list of officers of the Veterans Residential Services facility's veterans council for the previous quarter.

(h) All board meeting notices, minutes and reports bearing a date of January 1, 2012, or later shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the department's Internet web site. Minutes from board meetings held on or after July 1, 2015, shall be posted to such Internet web site not later than seven days after each such meeting is held. If applicable, minutes shall contain a statement that such minutes are considered draft minutes until approved by the board.

(i) Not later than February fifteenth of each year, the board shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to veterans' and military affairs, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , on its activities during the previous calendar year, progress in fulfilling its mission based on programmatic outcomes and recommendations, if any, for improving the delivery of services to veterans and the addition of new programs.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-20 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-20
Sec. 27-20. Duties of Adjutant General.
Status: in_force

(b) The Adjutant General is charged, in all matters pertaining to the command, discipline, employment and administration of the armed forces of the state, with the duty of: (1) Recording, authenticating and communicating to members of the armed forces of the state all orders, instructions and regulations issued by order of (A) the Governor or the Adjutant General as the designee of the Governor, for the armed forces of the state, and (B) the Secretary of Defense for the National Guard; (2) preparing and distributing commissions; (3) compiling and issuing the registers of the armed forces of the state; (4) conducting internal audits and investigations; (5) organizing and coordinating the participation of the armed forces of the state in military and civic ceremonies; (6) organizing and coordinating inaugurals; and (7) managing the recruiting for the armed forces of the state.

(c) In event of emergency use of the armed forces of the state and with the approval of the Governor, the Adjutant General may serve as the disbursing officer of all funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the expense of the office of the Adjutant General.

(d) The Adjutant General may adopt regulations pertaining to the preparation and rendering of reports and returns, the care and preservation of military property and the administration of military personnel as in the Adjutant General's opinion the conditions demand, such regulations to be operative and in force when promulgated in the form of general orders, circulars or circular letters.

(e) The Adjutant General shall have charge and care of all state military property and all United States military property issued to the state, and shall keep an accurate and careful account of all receipts and issues of the same. The Adjutant General shall keep a record of all public property in the state in the possession of the armed forces of the state and shall guard such property against injury and loss to the greatest extent possible. The Adjutant General shall conduct annual inspections of all public property and keep a complete inventory of such property and the places where it is deposited. The Adjutant General shall require each accountable and responsible officer of the armed forces of the state to account for any deficiency in public property in such officer's possession upon discovery of such deficiency. The Adjutant General shall require each unit of the armed forces of the state to be inspected at least once each calendar year. The Adjutant General shall, annually, as provided in section 4-60 , make a report to the Governor of the strength, condition and equipment of the armed forces of the state and of the expenditures of the office since the last annual report.

(f) The Adjutant General may adopt a seal for use in the office of the Adjutant General. The Adjutant General may delegate duties to an Assistant Adjutant General or to Military Department officials as the Adjutant General deems necessary for the efficient operation of said department.

(g) The Adjutant General may enter into contracts or agreements with any person or agency, public or private, for goods, services or property necessary for execution of the duties of the Adjutant General's office and the operation of the Military Department, including the performance of federal construction contracting on state property, subject to the approval of the Attorney General.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-172 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-172
Sec. 27-172. Protection against self-incrimination.
Status: in_force

(b) No person subject to this code shall interrogate, or request any statement from, an accused or a person suspected of an offense without first informing him of the nature of the accusation and advising him that he does not have to make any statement regarding the offense of which he is accused or suspected and that any statement made by him may be used as evidence against him in a trial by court-martial, and that he has a right to consult and have with him during the interrogation, an attorney provided by him or appointed for him.

(c) No person subject to this code shall compel any person to make a statement or produce evidence before any military tribunal if the statement or evidence is not material to the issue and may tend to degrade him.

(d) No statement obtained from any person in violation of this section, or through the use of coercion, unlawful influence, or unlawful inducement, shall be received in evidence against him in a trial by court-martial.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-102p — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-102p
Sec. 27-102p. Annual report of veterans' benefits.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than August 1, 2007, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs shall submit a report of the data compiled pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, for the twelve-month period ending on June thirtieth of the same year, to the Military Department and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to veterans' and military affairs, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a . Such report shall specify the total number of veterans receiving benefits and the value of such benefits by category of benefit and in total for such period.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-242 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-242
Sec. 27-242. Illegal disposition of captured property. Looting.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person subject to this code who: (1) Fails to carry out the duties prescribed in subsection (a) of this section; (2) buys, sells, trades, or in any way deals in or disposes of captured or abandoned property, whereby the person receives or expects any profit, benefit, or advantage to the person or another directly or indirectly connected with the person; or (3) engages in looting or pillaging shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-102l — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-102l
Sec. 27-102l. Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans Residential Services facility. Office of Advocacy and Assistance. Powers and duties. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) The commissioner may appoint a manager to administer an Office of Advocacy and Assistance for the aid and benefit of veterans and their spouses, eligible dependents and family members. The office shall have a staff of not less than ten men and women, including eight veterans' service officers, and clerical personnel. The manager and veterans' service officers shall be veterans, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103 , or veterans who were awarded the armed forces expeditionary medal for service by the armed forces.

(2) (A) The manager shall develop a training module on assisting and serving women veterans with regard to state or federal services or benefits and identifying and advising such veterans of community or nonprofit programs focused on assisting and serving such veterans. The manager shall hold and provide instruction for an annual training session, in accordance with such module, to each veterans' service officer and any member of a municipal veterans advisory committee, director of municipal veterans services or municipal veterans representative, as described in subsection (c) of section 27-135 , or representative from an Operation Academic Support for Incoming Service Members center at a public institution of higher education in this state.

(B) At least one of the veterans' service officers shall be a woman having a demonstrated interest in the concerns of women veterans, who shall be responsible for addressing those concerns, and, effective upon the next opening of a veterans' service officer position occurring on or after July 1, 2010, at least two of the veterans' service officers shall be individuals having bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish, within existing authorized positions. At least two of the veterans' service officers shall, in addition to carrying out the duties under this section, be responsible for overseeing and supporting municipalities' compliance with the provisions of section 27-135 . Each veterans' service officer shall (i) successfully complete a course in veterans' benefits not later than one year after commencement of employment, (ii) attend the training session described in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, and (iii) be assigned to one of the five congressional districts of the state.

(3) The office staff shall, at least twice annually, conduct a training course for any member of a municipal veterans advisory committee, director of municipal veterans services or municipal veterans representative. The office staff shall include in such training course a summary of state and federal services and benefits, the requirements under section 27-135 , and any assistance the office staff may provide to any such member, director or representative related to such requirements.

(4) (A) The office shall develop a written outreach plan identifying (i) strategies for conducting outreach to veterans and their spouses, eligible dependents and family members for purposes of providing assistance in claims for veterans' services or benefits, and (ii) to the extent possible, specific events and other opportunities to provide such assistance that are sponsored by the office or in which the office is participating. The office shall update such written outreach plan as necessary to improve the efficacy of its outreach efforts.

(B) The manager and each veterans' service officer shall electronically track information relating to outreach conducted or attended by the office, including, but not limited to, the title or type of any outreach event conducted or attended and the number of veterans or their spouses, eligible dependents or family members to whom substantive services or referrals were provided.

(C) The office shall utilize the notifications received from the administrator of each nursing home and assisted living facility in the state, pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of this section, to develop an annual schedule for each veterans' service officer to visit nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The office shall compile any information collected as a result of such visits and provide quarterly reports on such information to the Board of Trustees for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

(D) The office shall provide quarterly reports to the Board of Trustees for the Department of Veterans Affairs on (i) concerns raised by veterans or their spouses, eligible dependents or family members, which concerns shall be summarized by type, frequency and resolution, (ii) petitions filed by veterans or their spouses, eligible dependents or family members received by the commissioner under section 27-102 l (d)-54 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies for the four preceding months, and (iii) copies of any such petitions.

(c) In addition to the powers and duties prescribed under section 4-8 , the commissioner shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) To prepare studies and collect information concerning facilities and services available to members of the armed forces, veterans or their spouses, eligible dependents or family members, including facilities and services for veterans who may have been exposed to a Vietnam herbicide during their periods of military service;

(2) To require that the administrator of each nursing home and assisted living facility in the state notify the Office of Advocacy and Assistance not later than April 1, 2017, and every six months thereafter, of any new resident in such nursing home or assisted living facility who is a veteran or a spouse, eligible dependent or family member of a veteran, provided each such nursing home or assisted living facility shall not release the identity of any such new resident to the office without the consent of the new resident. As used in this subdivision, “new resident” means a resident of whom such nursing home or assisted living facility has not previously notified the Office of Advocacy and Assistance;

(3) To cooperate with service agencies and organizations throughout the state in disseminating and furnishing counsel and assistance of benefit to residents of this state who are or have been members of the armed forces or their spouses or eligible dependents, which will indicate the availability of: (A) Educational training and retraining facilities; (B) health, medical, rehabilitation and housing services and facilities; (C) employment and reemployment services; (D) provisions of federal, state and local laws affording financial rights, privileges and benefits; and (E) other matters of similar nature;

(4) To assist veterans and their spouses, eligible dependents and family members in the preparation, presentation, proof and establishment of such claims, privileges, rights and other benefits accruing to them under federal, state and local laws;

(5) To cooperate with all national, state and local governmental and private agencies securing or offering services or any benefits to veterans or their spouses or eligible dependents;

(6) To develop and prepare a long-range plan and mission statement for the Veterans Residential Services facility and Office of Advocacy and Assistance;

(7) To review all appeals made by veterans or their spouses, eligible dependents or family members and render the final decision thereon regarding the denial of admission to any program or the refusal to render any service or benefit which is administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the discharge or transfer from any such program or any disciplinary action taken while participating in any such program;

(8) If the Veterans Residential Services facility closes or ceases to provide housing to veterans, to provide or arrange for housing to any veteran residing at said facility or receiving care or treatment at the Healthcare Center, as defined in subsection (b) of section 27-103 , on the date of such closure or on the date said facility ceases to provide housing to veterans; and

(9) To publish on the Internet extensive and reliable data regarding women veterans, including, but not limited to, federal and state services and benefits, current challenges and notable women veterans and their contributions.

(d) The commissioner shall adopt, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, and enforce such regulations and procedures for the operation, administration and management of the department and all programs and services under the jurisdiction of the department, including, but not limited to, procedures relating to admission and discharge or transfer of veterans in the Veterans Residential Services facility, a per diem fee schedule for programs, services and benefits provided by said facility, and the participation of eligible family members in programs or services provided by said facility. The commissioner shall amend such regulations as necessary, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to allow residents of said facility and relatives or authorized representatives of such residents to file a written complaint regarding policies, procedures and administrative decisions of said facility. Such amended regulations shall include a procedure for filing such complaints, including deadlines by which complaints must be received, investigated and acted upon. The commissioner shall submit proposed regulations for public comment pursuant to section 4-168 not later than ninety days after July 1, 2015.

See Sec. 27-100g re outreach and programs for improving awareness of and access to services and benefits available to women veterans.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-122a — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-122a
Sec. 27-122a. Establishment of veterans' cemetery.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall transfer to the Veterans' Home certain land in the city of Middletown, under the supervision and control of said commissioner, in exchange for the transfer by the Veterans' Home and Hospital Commission to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services of certain land comprised of pieces and parcels of the land described in subsection (a) of equal acreage, the exact boundaries of the lands to be exchanged to be decided by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, with the advice and assistance of all parties within the six-month period following June 14, 1979.

(c) The land transferred to the commission under subsections (a) and (b) of this section and not transferred to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Connecticut Valley Hospital shall be used by the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs for the establishment and maintenance of a veterans' cemetery.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-122b — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-122b
Sec. 27-122b. Eligibility for burial in veterans' cemetery. Consecrated area designation.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Any veteran may, by letter or other communication addressed to the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, or by will, request that upon his or her death his or her body be buried in a veterans' cemetery established pursuant to section 27-122a , or (2) the spouse or other next of kin may apply to the commissioner to have the body of such veteran buried in said veterans' cemetery, and in either case such request shall be granted.

(c) (1) Any member or former member of the armed forces, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103 , who is a resident of this state and is entitled to retirement pay under 10 USC Chapter 1223, as amended from time to time, or would have been entitled to retirement pay under said chapter, but for the fact that the person is under sixty years of age, may by letter or other communication addressed to the commissioner, or by will, request that his or her body will be buried in said veterans' cemetery, or (2) the spouse or other next of kin may apply to the commissioner to have the body of such member or former member buried in said veterans' cemetery, and, in either case, such request shall be granted.

(d) (1) (A) Any person who served in the Hmong Laotian special guerilla units, which units served in the United States secret war in the Kingdom of Laos during the Vietnam War, may, by letter or other communication addressed to the commissioner, or by will, request that upon his or her death his or her body be buried in a veterans' cemetery established pursuant to section 27-122a , or (B) the spouse or other next of kin may apply to the commissioner to have the body of such person buried in said veterans' cemetery, and in either case such request shall be granted.

(2) Such person who served in the Hmong Laotian special guerilla units, or the spouse or next of kin of such person, shall provide to the commissioner (A) an affidavit stating (i) when the person served, (ii) where the person served, (iii) the unit in which the person served, and (iv) the capacity in which the person served; (B) any available corroborating witness affidavits; (C) any available official documentation of service; and (D) any other documents supporting the affidavit.

(e) The spouse of any veteran, or the spouse of any person who served in the Hmong Laotian special guerilla units described in subsection (d) of this section, shall, upon similar request or application made to the commissioner, be buried in said veterans' cemetery provided only one such request or application shall be granted.

(f) The commissioner shall designate an area in said veterans' cemetery for veterans and any persons who served in the Hmong Laotian special guerilla units described in subsection (d) of this section who, for religious reasons, require burial in a consecrated area.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-119 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-119
Sec. 27-119. Veterans' headstones, services to be provided by state.
Status: in_force

Contract for headstones made under former statute held discharged by second contract. 124 C. 304.

1937 change in statute discussed. 5 CS 495.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-207 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-207
Sec. 27-207. Review by Governor or Judge Advocate.
Status: in_force

(b) In all other cases not covered by subsection (a) of this section, if the sentence of a special court-martial as approved by the convening authority includes a bad-conduct discharge, whether or not suspended, the entire record shall be sent to the appropriate staff judge advocate or legal officer of the state force concerned to be reviewed in the same manner as a record of trial by general court-martial. The record and the opinion of the staff judge advocate or legal officer shall then be sent to the State Judge Advocate for review.

(c) All other special and summary court-martial records shall be sent to the law specialist or legal officer of the appropriate force of the state military forces and shall be acted upon, transmitted and disposed of as may be prescribed by regulation of the Governor.

(d) The State Judge Advocate shall review the record of trial in each case sent to him or her for review as provided under subsection (b) of this section. If the final action of the court-martial has resulted in an acquittal of all charges and specifications, the opinion of the State Judge Advocate is limited to questions of jurisdiction.

(e) The State Judge Advocate shall take final action in any case reviewable by him.

(f) In a case reviewable by the State Judge Advocate under this section, the State Judge Advocate may act only with respect to the findings and sentence as approved by the convening authority. He may affirm only such findings of guilty, and the sentence or such part or amount of the sentence, as he finds correct in law and fact and determines, on the basis of the entire record, should be approved. In considering the record, he may weigh the evidence, judge the credibility of witnesses, and determine controverted questions of fact, recognizing that the trial court saw and heard the witnesses. If the State Judge Advocate sets aside the findings and sentence, he may, except where the setting aside is based on lack of sufficient evidence in the record to support the findings, order a rehearing. If he sets aside the findings and sentence and does not order a rehearing, he shall order that the charges be dismissed.

(g) In a case reviewable by the State Judge Advocate under this section, he shall instruct the convening authority to act in accordance with his decision on the review. If he has ordered a rehearing but the convening authority finds a rehearing impracticable, he may dismiss the charges.

(h) The State Judge Advocate may order one or more boards of review each composed of not less than three commissioned officers of the state military forces, each of whom must be a member of the bar of the highest court of the state. Each board of review shall review the record of any trial by special court-martial, including a sentence to bad-conduct discharge, referred to it by the State Judge Advocate. Boards of review have the same authority on review as the State Judge Advocate has under this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-103 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-103
Sec. 27-103. Definitions. Qualifying Review Board. Discharge based on veteran's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Application, review, recommendation, reconsideration and appeal.
Status: in_force

(b) As used in this part, “Veterans Residential Services facility” means the Veterans Residential Services facility in Rocky Hill maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs that provides temporary and other supported residential services for qualifying veterans; “long-term care facility” means a facility that has been federally certified as a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility; “Healthcare Center” means the long-term care facility in Rocky Hill maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs; “veteran” means any veteran, as defined in subsection (a) of this section, who is a resident of this state; “eligible dependent” means any parent, wife or husband, or child of a veteran who has no adequate means of support; and “eligible family member” means any parent, brother or sister, wife or husband, or child or children under eighteen years of age, of any veteran whose cooperation in the program is integral to the treatment of the veteran.

(c) Not later than October 1, 2021, the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs shall establish a Qualifying Review Board, which shall review applications of veterans submitted under subsection (d) of this section. Said board shall be part of the Executive Department and shall consist of five voting members who, by education or experience, shall be knowledgeable of veterans benefits and programs and who shall have a demonstrated interest in the concerns of veterans. A majority of the members of the board shall be veterans.

(1) The membership of the board shall consist of the following members:

(A) One member appointed by the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs in consultation with the chairperson of the Board of Trustees for the Department of Veterans Affairs, who shall be a member of said board;

(B) The manager of the Office of Advocacy and Assistance within the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the manager's designee; and

(C) Three members appointed by the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs.

(2) All initial appointments to the board shall be made not later than December 1, 2021, and shall terminate on November 30, 2023, or November 30, 2024, as applicable, regardless of when the initial appointment was made. Any member of the board may serve more than one term.

(3) Members first appointed shall have the following terms: (A) The member of the Board of Trustees for the Department of Veterans Affairs and the manager of the Office of Advocacy and Assistance within the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the manager's designee, shall initially serve a term of three years, and (B) the three members appointed by the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs shall initially serve a term of two years. Members shall serve a term of four years thereafter. Members shall continue to serve until their successors are appointed.

(4) Any vacancy shall be filled by the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs. Any vacancy occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term.

(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 4-9a , the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs shall select the chairperson of the board from among the members of the board. Such chairperson shall schedule the first meeting of the board, which shall be held not later than January 1, 2022.

(6) A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business.

(7) The members of the board shall serve without compensation.

(8) The board shall meet at least monthly or as often as deemed necessary by the chairperson based on the number of applications pending before the board.

(d) (1) Any veteran who receives an other than honorable discharge and who believes such discharge characterization was based on such veteran's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, may file an application for state-based veterans benefits. Such veteran may include evidence supporting his or her claim that such discharge characterization was based on such veteran's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

(2) The commissioner shall promulgate a standardized application form enumerating the required documentation necessary for filing an application under this subsection and shall make such form available on the Department of Veterans Affairs' Internet web site along with instructions for filing the application.

(3) The commissioner shall promulgate a standardized request for reconsideration form enumerating the required documentation necessary for filing a request for reconsideration pursuant to subdivision (5) of this subsection and shall make such form available on the Department of Veterans Affairs' Internet web site along with instructions for filing the request for reconsideration.

(4) The board shall review each application submitted and render a recommendation to the commissioner as to whether the veteran's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression was more likely than not the primary reason for an other than honorable discharge. The board shall review each application not later than thirty days after receipt and render a written recommendation to the commissioner not later than thirty days after such review. The commissioner shall issue a written decision not later than ten days after receipt of the board's recommendation, approving or denying the application. If the commissioner approves the application, such veteran shall be eligible for state-based veterans benefits.

(5) A veteran aggrieved by the commissioner's decision may file a request for reconsideration with the commissioner not later than fifteen days after receipt of the commissioner's decision. Such veteran may include supplemental documentation in support of the request for reconsideration. The commissioner shall provide due consideration to the request for reconsideration and render a decision not later than ten days after receipt of such request for reconsideration. The commissioner's decision shall be a final decision by the Department of Veterans Affairs and may be appealed to the Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183 .

See Secs. 5-180 and 5-196(28) re definition of war service during World War II for purposes of the State Employees Retirement Act and the State Personnel Act.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-159 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-159
Sec. 27-159. Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial.
Status: in_force

(b) No person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction shall be brought to trial before a summary court-martial if he objects thereto, unless under section 27-154 he has been permitted and has elected to refuse punishment under that section. If objection to trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused who has not been permitted to refuse punishment under said section, trial shall be ordered by special or general court-martial, as may be appropriate.

(c) A summary court-martial may sentence to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars for a single offense, to forfeiture of pay and allowances of not more than twenty-five dollars, and to reduction of enlisted persons to a lower grade.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-39a — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-39a
Sec. 27-39a. Camp Nett at Niantic and Camp Hartell named.
Status: in_force

(b) The state military training facility in Windsor Locks shall be named Camp Hartell in honor of Connecticut Army National Guard First Lieutenant Lee R. Hartell, recipient of the congressional medal of honor for his actions on August 27, 1951, during the Korean hostilities.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-100c — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-100c
Sec. 27-100c. Contact list for service members and veterans.
Status: in_force

(b) The Department of Veterans Affairs shall develop and maintain a service members' and veterans' contact list, consisting of only the names and mailing addresses of service members and veterans who reside in this state, using information in the department's records and information submitted to the department by (1) the Military Department, as provided in subsection (c) of this section, (2) the assessor of each town, as provided in subsection (d) of this section, and (3) service members or veterans, as provided in subsection (e) of this section.

(c) On or before September 1, 2005, the Military Department shall submit to the Department of Veterans Affairs a list of the name and mailing address, but no other information, of each service member who is a resident of this state that is in the records of the Military Department.

(d) On or before the sixtieth day following the date on which an exemption pursuant to subdivision (19) of section 12-81 takes effect, as provided in section 12-95 , the assessor of each town that granted any such exemption shall submit to the Department of Veterans Affairs a list of the name and mailing address, but no other information, of each individual who has such exemption.

(e) A service member or veteran who is a resident of this state may add his or her name and mailing address to the contact list by submitting such information to the Department of Veterans Affairs in person or by mail. A service member shall include a copy of his or her military identification card and a veteran shall include a copy of his or her military discharge document, as defined in section 1-219 .

(f) Any individual who is included in the contact list may cause his or her name to be removed from the contact list by notifying the Department of Veterans Affairs in writing.

(g) (1) The Department of Veterans Affairs or the Military Department may use the contact list solely for the purposes of notifying service members or veterans of benefits, proposed or enacted legislation that affects service members or veterans or their families, or other information that the Department of Veterans Affairs or the Military Department believes will be helpful to service members or veterans or their families. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall provide a copy of the contact list to the Military Department, upon receipt of a written request signed by the Adjutant General.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 1-210 , the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Military Department shall not disclose any information in the contact list to any person other than as provided in this subsection. No person shall use the contact list for any purpose other than as provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-153 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-153
Sec. 27-153. Trial by civil authority.
Status: in_force

(b) When delivery under subsection (a) of this section is made to any civil authority of a person undergoing sentence of a court-martial, the delivery, if followed by conviction in a civil tribunal, interrupts the execution of the sentence of the court-martial, and the offender after having answered to the civil authorities for his offense shall, upon the request of competent military authority, be returned to military custody for the completion of his sentence.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-186 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-186
Sec. 27-186. Second trial for same offense prohibited.
Status: in_force

(b) No proceeding in which an accused has been found guilty by a court-martial upon any charge or specification is a trial in the sense of this section until the finding of guilty has become final after review of the case has been fully completed.

(c) A proceeding which, after the introduction of evidence but before a finding, is dismissed or terminated by the convening authority or on motion of the prosecution for failure of available evidence or witnesses without any fault of the accused is a trial in the sense of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-208 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-208
Sec. 27-208. Effect of error of law. Approval of guilty finding may be limited to lesser offense.
Status: in_force

(b) Any reviewing authority with the power to approve or affirm a finding of guilty may approve or affirm so much of the finding as includes a lesser included offense.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-34a — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-34a
Sec. 27-34a. National Guard. Federal protections. Right to terminate certain contracts if ordered into active state service.
Status: in_force

(b) In addition to the protections described in the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and afforded under this section, any such member ordered into active state service may terminate any contract for telecommunication services, Internet services, television services, satellite radio services or membership at an athletic club or gym, at any time after the date such member receives military orders directing such member to a location, for a period of ninety days or more, that does not support any such contract. Any such member terminating such contract shall do so by submitting to a provider of any such service or membership written or electronic notice of such termination and a copy of such member's military orders.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-108 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-108
Sec. 27-108. Admission to Veterans Residential Services facility or Healthcare Center. Discharge. Transfer. Payment.
Status: in_force

(b) Any member or former member of the armed forces, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103 , who is a resident of this state and is entitled to retirement pay under 10 USC Chapter 1223, as amended from time to time, may apply for admission to the Veterans Residential Services facility or Healthcare Center.

(c) Any such veteran desiring care or treatment under the provisions of this chapter shall make application under oath to the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs; but, if, by reason of his or her physical condition, he or she is unable to make such application, some other veteran may make such application in his or her behalf. Said commissioner, or his or her designee, shall have sole power to determine whether such veteran is entitled to admission to the Veterans Residential Services facility or to a hospital, including the Healthcare Center, and such veteran, if admitted, may, upon application to the commissioner, receive transportation at the expense of the state from his or her place of residence to said facility or such hospital. No veteran so admitted shall be discharged from said facility except upon the approval of the commissioner or his or her designee. The commissioner shall have sole power to remove from any hospital to another hospital any veteran whose care and treatment is paid for by the state and shall appoint such agents as are necessary to see that veterans admitted to hospitals are receiving necessary food, clothing, care and treatment.

(d) Such veterans who are able to pay in whole or in part for such program or services, as determined by the applicable fee schedule adopted pursuant to subsection (d) of section 27-102 l , shall receive a monthly bill for such services rendered.

(e) In the event that a bill of a veteran remains unpaid and past due, the chief fiscal officer, with the approval of the commissioner, shall require the veteran to assign his or her right to receive payment of income, from whatever source, to the commissioner until (1) such account is made current, and (2) the veteran demonstrates to the satisfaction of the commissioner a reasonable likelihood of more prudent financial management for the future. Any veteran shall be provided an opportunity for a hearing when an order of assignment is issued.

(f) Payment of amounts determined by the commissioner as provided by subsection (c) of this section shall be deposited in the institutional general welfare fund of the Department of Veterans Affairs established in accordance with sections 4-56 to 4-58 , inclusive, and shall be available for expenditure from said fund for the operation of the department in accordance with procedures prescribed by the commissioner and the Comptroller.

(g) In the event that a veteran dies, still owing money for services rendered, the commissioner, with the aid of the Attorney General's office, may submit a claim against such veteran's estate and any amounts collected shall be deposited in the institutional general welfare fund in accordance with section 4-56 .

Cited. 160 C. 320. Section empowers commission to determine in its discretion whether the veteran or his estate has the means to pay for service furnished hereunder, the amount to be paid and the manner and time of payment. 169 C. 78. Cited. 171 C. 335; 189 C. 726.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-141 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-141
Sec. 27-141. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “State military forces” means the National Guard of the state, as defined in Section 101(3) of Title 32, United States Code, the organized naval militia of the state, and any other military force organized under the laws of the state and shall include the organized militia as defined in section 27-2 ;

(2) “Officer” means commissioned or warrant officer;

(3) “Commissioned officer” includes a commissioned warrant officer;

(4) “Commanding officer” includes only commissioned officers;

(5) “Superior commissioned officer” means a commissioned officer superior in rank and command;

(6) “Enlisted member” means a person in an enlisted grade;

(7) “Grade” means a step or degree, in a graduated scale of office or military rank, that is established and designated as a grade by law or regulation;

(8) “Rank” means the order of precedence among members of the state military forces;

(9) “Active state duty” means full-time duty in the active military service of the state under an order of the Governor issued under authority vested in him by law, and includes travel to and from such duty;

(10) “Duty status” means any one of the types of required duty wherein the person is performing military service under competent authority other than set forth in subdivision (9) of this section and includes travel to and from such duty;

(11) “Military court” means a court-martial, a court inquiry, or a provost court;

(12) “Military judge” means an official of a general or special court-martial appointed in accordance with section 27-167 ;

(13) “Law specialist” means a commissioned officer of the organized naval militia of the state designated for special law duty;

(14) “Legal officer” means any commissioned officer of the organized militia of the state designated to perform legal duties for a command;

(15) “State Judge Advocate” means the commissioned officer responsible for supervising the administration of the military justice in the state military forces;

(16) “Accuser” means a person who signs and swears to charges, any person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to by another, and any person who has an interest other than an official interest in the prosecution of the accused;

(17) “Military” refers to any or all of the armed forces;

(18) “Convening authority” includes, in addition to the person who convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding for the time being, or a successor in command;

(19) “Code” means this chapter.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-100a — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-100a
Sec. 27-100a. Military Relief Fund. Regulations. Annual report.
Status: in_force

(b) There is established, within the General Fund, a separate, nonlapsing account to be known as the “Military Relief Fund”. The account shall contain (1) any amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by the state for the purposes of this section, (2) any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account, and (3) gifts, grants, donations or bequests made for the purposes of this section. Investment earnings credited to the assets of the fund shall become part of the assets of the fund. Any balance remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the account for the fiscal year next succeeding. The State Treasurer shall administer the fund. All moneys deposited in the account shall be used by the Military Department for the purposes of this section. The Military Department may deduct and retain from the moneys in the account an amount equal to the costs incurred by the department in administering the provisions of this section, except that said amount shall not exceed two per cent of the moneys deposited in the account in any fiscal year.

(c) The Military Department shall use the Military Relief Fund to make grants to eligible members of the armed forces or their immediate family members for essential personal or household goods or services in this state if the payment for such goods or services would be a hardship for such eligible member or immediate family member because of (1) the military service of such eligible member, or (2) a serious injury or illness, or the death, of such eligible member or immediate family member. The department shall not make any grant that exceeds five thousand dollars or the balance available for grants in the fund.

(d) The department shall establish an application process that is simple for eligible members and their immediate family members. The department shall act on each application no later than seven days after the date on which the completed application is submitted to the department.

(e) The department shall adopt regulations implementing the provisions of this section, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, and may implement the policies and procedures contained in such proposed regulations while in the process of adopting such proposed regulations, provided the department publishes notice of intention to adopt the regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal no later than twenty days after implementing such policies and procedures. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this subsection shall be valid until the earlier of the date on which such regulations are effective or one year after the publication of such notice of intention.

(f) On or before February fifteenth of each calendar year, the department shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to veterans' and military affairs, in accordance with section 11-4a , that contains the following information for the preceding calendar year: (1) The number of applications received, (2) the number of eligible members who received grants under this section and whose immediate family members received grants under this section, (3) the amount in grants made to each such eligible member and to the immediate family of each such eligible member, (4) the uses for such grants, and (5) any recommendations regarding the Military Relief Fund, including any proposed legislation to facilitate the purposes of this section. Such reports shall not identify the name of any eligible member or of any immediate family member. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 1-210 , all information obtained by the Military Department that contains the name or address of, or other information that could be used to identify, an eligible member or an immediate family member shall be confidential.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-168 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-168
Sec. 27-168. Trial and defense counsel.
Status: in_force

(b) Trial counsel or defense counsel detailed for a general or special court-martial shall be a member of the bar of the highest court of the state, or a member of the bar of a federal court.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-140aa — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-140aa
Sec. 27-140aa. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Agent orange” means the herbicide composed of 2,4,5-trichlorphenoxyacetic acid and 2,4-dichlorphenoxyacetic acid;

(2) “Commission” means the Vietnam Herbicides Information Commission established under this part;

(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health;

(4) “Department” means the Department of Public Health;

(5) “Veteran” means a person who (A) was a resident of the state at the time of his induction into the armed forces of the United States or is currently a resident of the state and (B) served during the Vietnam era, as defined in section 27-103 ; and

(6) “Vietnam herbicide” means any herbicide, defoliant, or other causative agent, including, but not limited to, agent orange, used in the Vietnam conflict.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-151 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-151
Sec. 27-151. Duty of community correctional center, jail and prison officers.
Status: in_force

(b) Every commander of a guard, master at arms, warden, keeper, or officer of a community correctional center or of any other jail, penitentiary, or prison designated under section 27-150 , to whose charge a prisoner is committed shall, within twenty-four hours after that commitment or as soon as he is relieved from guard, report to the commanding officer of the prisoner the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against him, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-138 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-138
Sec. 27-138. Custody and administration of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund. Annual disbursement to American Legion. Use of funds. Treatment of gifts, bequests and donations.
Status: in_force

(b) The Treasurer shall disburse not less than two million dollars annually to the American Legion in accordance with subsection (a) of this section. Such disbursement shall be made initially from interest accumulations of the fund. If such interest accumulations are less than two million dollars, the Treasurer shall disburse such amount of the corpus of the fund as is necessary to equal two million dollars. The American Legion shall utilize such amount for the purposes specified under section 27-140 . None of such amount may be used by the American Legion for expenses of administering or operating the fund. The balance of any funds not expended by the end of each fiscal year shall be added to the corpus of the fund.

(c) The American Legion shall promptly turn over all gifts, bequests and donations received by it in support of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund to the Treasurer, and the amounts of such gifts, bequests and donations shall be added to the corpus of the fund.

See Sec. 27-117 re disclosure of property of applicant.

Right of American Legion to take from income enough to pay for fair cost of management of fund. 97 C. 612.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-154 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-154
Sec. 27-154. Nonjudicial disciplinary punishments for minor offenses.
Status: in_force

(b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a commanding officer may, in addition to or in lieu of admonition or reprimand, impose one or more of the following disciplinary punishments for minor offenses without the intervention of a court-martial:

(1) Upon officers of his command:

(A) Restriction to certain specified limits, with or without suspension from duty, for not more than ten consecutive days; or

(B) If imposed by a general officer, arrest in quarters for not more than fourteen consecutive days; forfeiture of not more than one-half of one month's base pay entitlement per month for two months; a fine in an amount not greater than that which could be forfeited; restriction to certain specified limits, with or without suspension from duty, for not more than fourteen consecutive days; or detention of not more than one-half of one month's base pay entitlement per month for two months; and

(2) Upon other personnel of his command:

(A) Correctional custody for not more than seven consecutive days;

(B) Forfeiture of not more than one-half month's base pay entitlement for one month or a fine in an amount not greater than that which could be forfeited;

(C) Reduction to the next inferior grade, if the grade from which the demotion is made is within the promotion authority of the officer imposing the reduction or any officer subordinate to the one who imposes the reduction;

(D) Extra duties, including fatigue or other duties, for not more than ten consecutive days;

(E) Restriction to certain specified limits without suspension from duty for not more than ten consecutive days;

(F) Detention of not more than one-half of one month's pay entitlement for one month; or

(G) If imposed by an officer of the grade of major or above, correctional custody for not more than fourteen consecutive days; forfeiture of not more than one-half of one month's base pay entitlement for two months; a fine in an amount not greater than that which could be forfeited; reduction to the lowest or any intermediate pay grade, if the grade from which the demotion is made is within the promotion authority of the officer imposing the reduction or any other officer subordinate to the one who imposes the reduction, but an enlisted member in a pay grade above E-4 may not be reduced more than two pay grades; extra duties, including fatigue or other duties, for not more than fourteen consecutive days; restrictions to certain specified limits, with or without suspension from duty, for not more than fourteen consecutive days; or detention of not more than one-half of one month's base pay entitlement per month for two months.

(c) An officer in charge may impose upon enlisted members assigned to the unit of which he is in charge such of the punishments, authorized under subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section, as may be set forth by regulation.

(d) The officer who imposes punishment authorized in subsection (b) of this section, or a successor in command, may at any time:

(1) Suspend probationally any part or amount of the unexecuted punishment;

(2) Remit all or part of any punishment, whether or not executed, and restore all rights, privileges and property;

(3) Mitigate any part or amount of the unexecuted punishment or any reduction in grade to forfeiture or detention of pay.

(e) An appeal shall be to the next higher authority. The appeal shall be promptly acted upon. The appeal must be referred to a judge advocate when punishment is arrest in quarters for more than seven days, correctional custody for more than seven days, forfeiture of seven days pay, reduction of one or more pay grades of an E-4 or higher ranking individual, extra duties for more than ten days, restriction for more than ten days or detention of more than fourteen days pay.

(f) The imposition and enforcement of disciplinary punishment under this section is not a bar to trial by court-martial for a serious crime or offense growing out of the same act or omission, and not properly punishable under this section. The fact that a disciplinary punishment has been enforced may be shown by the accused at trial, and shall be considered in determining the measure of punishment to be adjudged in the event of a guilty verdict.

(g) Any punishment authorized by this section which is measured in terms of days shall, when served in a status other than annual field training, be construed to mean consecutive active service days for pay purposes.

(h) A fine imposed pursuant to this section may be enforced as a money judgment in accordance with chapter 906.

(i) (1) In the event that a member of the state military forces demands that nonjudicial punishment proceedings against or with respect to him be disposed of by a hearing before a nonjudicial punishment panel in lieu of his commanding officer, this subsection shall apply.

(2) The commanding officer shall notify the individual, verbally and in writing, of the following: (A) The nature of the alleged wrongdoing, (B) his intent to dispose of the matter, if further action after investigation is warranted, by nonjudicial punishment, and (C) his advice to the individual of his right to counsel and other nonjudicial punishment procedural rights as set forth by regulation. The individual shall make an election for hearing and disposition by the panel following receipt of such written notice. He shall be provided opportunity to consult with a judge advocate prior to making his election.

(3) The panel shall consist of three members, appointed by the commander's next higher authority, with the same qualifications as provided with respect to membership on a court-martial. The senior member shall be the chairman. The most junior member shall be the recorder and shall record summaries of the proceedings.

(4) The panel acting by majority vote has the same authority and responsibility in conducting the proceeding and disposing of the matter, including imposing nonjudicial punishment, as has a field grade officer pursuant to this section. The panel shall forward its recommendation for disposition and imposition of punishment, if any, to the appointing authority. The appointing authority shall approve the recommended punishment or any part or amount as he sees fit and may suspend, mitigate or remit as he deems appropriate. The appointing authority may not approve any punishment in excess of that approved by the panel.

(5) Procedural requirements for a nonjudicial hearing, and disposition thereof, by the panel under this subsection shall in all respects be the same as would otherwise be applicable for disposition by the commanding officer, including, without limitation, the individual's right to counsel, to submit matters in extenuation, mitigation or defense and to call and examine witnesses, to the extent witnesses are reasonably available.

(6) Appeals from the decision of the appointing authority, if adverse to the individual, may be taken directly to the next higher authority to act upon appeal as set forth in this section with respect to nonjudicial punishment appeals generally.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-171 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-171
Sec. 27-171. Preferring of charges.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon the preferring of charges, the proper authority shall take immediate steps to determine what disposition should be made thereof in the interest of justice and discipline, and the person accused shall be informed of the charges against him as soon as practicable.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-118 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-118
Sec. 27-118. Funeral expenses.
Status: in_force

(b) Burial shall be in a cemetery or plot not used exclusively for the burial of the pauper dead.

(c) No amount shall be paid for funeral expenses unless claim therefor is made not later than one year after the date of death, except that in cases of death occurring abroad such claim may be made within one year after the remains of the veteran or member have been interred in this country. No provision of this section shall prevent the payment of the sum under subsection (a) of this section for funeral expenses on account of the burial of the veteran or member being made outside the limits of this state.

(d) Upon satisfactory proof to the commissioner, by the person who has paid or provided for the funeral expenses of a deceased veteran, of the identity of the veteran, the time and place of the veteran's death and burial and the approval thereof by the commissioner, the sum under subsection (a) of this section shall be paid by the Comptroller to such person who has paid or provided for the funeral expenses.

(e) (1) Upon satisfactory proof to the commissioner, by the person who has paid or provided for the funeral expenses of a deceased member, of the identity of the member, the time and place of the member's death and burial and the approval thereof by the commissioner, the sum under subsection (a) of this section shall be paid by the Comptroller to the person who has paid or provided for the funeral expenses.

(2) The person who has paid or provided for the funeral expenses of a deceased member shall provide to the commissioner (A) an affidavit stating (i) when the member served, (ii) where the member served, (iii) the unit in which the member served, and (iv) the capacity in which the member served; (B) any available corroborating witness affidavits; (C) any available official documentation of service; and (D) any other documents supporting the affidavit.

(f) Whenever the Comptroller has lawfully paid any sum toward the funeral expenses of any deceased veteran or member and it afterwards appears that the veteran or member left any estate, the Comptroller may present a claim on behalf of the state against the estate of such veteran or member for the sum so paid, and the claim shall be a preferred claim against such estate and shall be paid to the Treasurer. The commissioner, upon the advice of the Attorney General, may make application for administration upon the estate of any such veteran or member if no other person authorized by law makes such application within sixty days after such payment has been made by the Comptroller.

(g) As used in this section, (1) “veteran” has the same meaning as provided in section 27-103 , (2) “member” means any person who served in the Hmong Laotian special guerilla units, which units served in the United States secret war in the Kingdom of Laos during the Vietnam War, and (3) “funeral expenses” means (A) the cash advances paid by the funeral director and the cost of funeral services and funeral merchandise, (B) the cost of burial, cremation or disposition, and (C) the cost of publication of an obituary. “Funeral merchandise” includes, but is not limited to, alternative containers, caskets, urns, vaults and outer burial containers.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-110 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-110
Sec. 27-110. Commitment of mentally ill veterans. Transfer to federal agency.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon receipt of a certificate of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any other agency of the United States that facilities are available for the care or treatment of any veteran committed to any hospital for mental illness or other institution for the care or treatment of persons similarly afflicted and that such veteran is eligible for care or treatment, the superintendent of such hospital or institution may cause the transfer of such person to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States for care or treatment. Upon effecting any such transfer, the committing court or proper officer thereof shall be notified of such transfer by the transferring agency. No person shall be transferred to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States if he or she is confined pursuant to conviction of any felony or misdemeanor or if he or she has been acquitted of such a charge solely on the ground of insanity, unless prior to transfer the court or other authority originally committing such person enters an order for such transfer after appropriate motion and hearing. Any person transferred as provided in this section shall be deemed to be committed to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States pursuant to the original commitment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-262 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-262
Sec. 27-262. Administration of oaths.
Status: in_force

(b) Officers of the state military forces may not be authorized to administer oaths as provided in this section unless they are on active duty in or with those forces under orders of the Governor as prescribed in this code.

(c) The signature without seal of any such person, together with the title of his office, is prima facie evidence of his authority.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-267 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-267
Sec. 27-267. Issuance and execution of process by military courts.
Status: in_force

(b) Process and mandates may be issued by summary courts-martial, provost courts, or the president of other military courts and may be directed to and may be executed by the marshals of the military court or any peace officer and shall be in such form as may be prescribed by regulations issued under this code.

(c) All officers to whom process or mandates may be so directed shall execute them and make return of their acts thereunder according to the requirements of those documents. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this code, no such officer may demand or require payment of any fee or charge for receiving, executing, or returning such a process or mandate or for any service in connection therewith.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-138e — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-138e
Sec. 27-138e. Annual independent audit of fund expenditures. Audit report.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than seven business days after the date on which the American Legion receives the audit report of the independent audit described in subsection (a) of this section, the American Legion shall submit to the Auditors of Public Accounts, the Office of Policy and Management, and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and veterans' and military affairs a copy of such report. The American Legion shall make such report available to the public in an electronic format.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-138h — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-138h
Sec. 27-138h. Disclosure of certain fund records under Freedom of Information Act. Access to records by Treasurer. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, any record of the American Legion related to the administration of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund, which fund is described in sections 27-138 to 27-140 , inclusive, shall be deemed a public record, as defined in section 1-200 , and disclosed to the extent required of any such public record under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in said section.

(2) The Treasurer, as custodian and trustee of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund under section 27-138 , may access any such record and shall be the public agency for purposes of any request made for any such record pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.

(c) The Treasurer shall not disclose the personal information of any individual who (1) makes a gift, bequest or donation to the fund, or (2) is an applicant for, or a recipient of, aid from the fund unless any such disclosure is for purposes of (A) administering aid from the fund, (B) assisting any such applicant or recipient in obtaining aid from any other government or private program, or (C) complying with a court order.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-131 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-131
Sec. 27-131. Preservation of Spanish War records.
Status: in_force

(b) Said commissioner shall provide and maintain in a building owned by the state a suitable room or rooms for the use of said department, together with suitable equipment and supplies therefor.

(c) Appropriations for this purpose shall not exceed twenty-five hundred dollars annually.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-261 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-261
Sec. 27-261. Court of inquiry.
Status: in_force

(b) A court of inquiry shall consist of three or more commissioned officers. For each court of inquiry the convening authority shall also appoint counsel for the court.

(c) Any person subject to this code whose conduct is subject to inquiry shall be designated as a party. Any person subject to this code or employed in the division of military and naval affairs, who has a direct interest in the subject of inquiry has the right to be designated as a party upon request to the court. Any person designated as a party shall be given due notice and has the right to be present, to be represented by counsel, to cross-examine witnesses, and to introduce evidence.

(d) Members of a court of inquiry may be challenged by a party, but only for cause stated to the court.

(e) The members, counsel, the reporter, and interpreters of courts of inquiry shall take an oath or affirmation to faithfully perform their duties.

(f) Witnesses may be summoned to appear and testify and be examined before courts of inquiry, as provided for courts-martial.

(g) Courts of inquiry shall make findings of fact but may not express opinions or make recommendations unless required to do so by the convening authority.

(h) Each court of inquiry shall keep a record of its proceedings, which shall be authenticated by the signatures of the president and counsel for the court and forwarded to the convening authority. If the record cannot be authenticated by the president, it shall be signed by a member in lieu of the president. If the record cannot be authenticated by the counsel for the court, it shall be signed by a member in lieu of the counsel.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-183 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-183
Sec. 27-183. Challenges.
Status: in_force

(b) Each accused and the trial counsel is entitled to one peremptory challenge, but the military judge shall not be challenged except for cause.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-164 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-164
Sec. 27-164. Commanding officer may convene special courts-martial.
Status: in_force

(b) No special court-martial shall try a commissioned officer.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-194 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-194
Sec. 27-194. Two-thirds vote required for conviction and sentence. Majority vote for other questions. Tie vote.
Status: in_force

(b) All sentences shall be determined by the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at the time that the vote is taken.

(c) All other questions to be decided by the members of a general or special court-martial shall be determined by a majority vote. A tie vote on a motion for a finding of not guilty or a motion relating to the question of the accused's sanity is a determination against the accused. A tie vote on any other question is a determination in favor of the accused.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-155 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-155
Sec. 27-155. Kinds of courts-martial.
Status: in_force

(b) There shall be three kinds of courts-martial: (1) General courts-martial, consisting of (A) a military judge and not less than five members; or (B) only a military judge, if, before the court is assembled, the accused, knowing the identity of the military judge and after consultation with defense counsel, requests in writing a court composed only of a military judge and the military judge approves; (2) special courts-martial, consisting of (A) not less than three members; or (B) a military judge and not less than three members; or (C) only a military judge, if, before the court is assembled, the accused, knowing the identity of the military judge and after consultation with defense counsel, requests in writing a court composed only of a military judge and the military judge approves; and (3) summary courts-martial, consisting of one commissioned officer.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-107 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-107
Sec. 27-107. State police duty. Regulation of traffic upon grounds of Department of Veterans Affairs.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, subject to the approval of the Office of the State Traffic Administration, may: (1) Prohibit, limit, restrict or regulate the parking of vehicles; (2) determine speed limits; (3) install stop signs; (4) restrict roads or portions thereof to one-way traffic; (5) designate the location of crosswalks on any portion of any road or highway upon the grounds of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and (6) erect and maintain signs designating such prohibitions or restrictions. Security officers or institutional patrolmen appointed to act as state policemen under the provisions of section 29-18 may arrest or issue a summons for violation of such restrictions or prohibitions. Any person who fails to comply with any such prohibition or restriction shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars, and the court or traffic or parking authority having jurisdiction of traffic or parking violations in the town of Rocky Hill shall have jurisdiction over violations of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-191 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-191
Sec. 27-191. Depositions.
Status: in_force

(b) A party at whose instance a deposition is to be taken shall give to every other party reasonable written notice of the time and place for taking the deposition.

(c) Depositions may be taken before and authenticated by any military or civil officer authorized by the laws of the state or by the laws of the place where the deposition is taken to administer oaths.

(d) A duly authenticated deposition taken upon reasonable notice to the other parties, so far as otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence, may be read in evidence before any court-martial or in any proceeding before a court of inquiry, if it appears: (1) That the witness resides or is beyond the state in which the courts-martial or court of inquiry is ordered to sit, or beyond the distance of one hundred miles from the place of trial or hearing; (2) that the witness by reason of death, age, sickness, bodily infirmity, imprisonment, military necessity, nonamenability to process, or other reasonable cause, is unable to or refuses to appear and testify in person at the place of trial or hearing; or (3) that the present whereabouts of the witness is unknown.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-184 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-184
Sec. 27-184. Oaths.
Status: in_force

(b) Each witness before a military court shall be examined on oath or affirmation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-165 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-165
Sec. 27-165. Commanding officer may convene summary courts-martial.
Status: in_force

(b) When only one commissioned officer is present with a command or detachment he shall be the summary court-martial of that command or detachment and shall hear and determine all summary court-martial cases brought before him. Summary courts-martial may, however, be convened in any case by superior competent authority, when considered desirable by him.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-199 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-199
Sec. 27-199. Forfeiture of pay and allowances. Running of period of confinement.
Status: in_force

(b) Any period of confinement included in a sentence of a court-martial shall begin to run from the date the sentence is adjudged by the court-martial but periods during which the sentence to confinement is suspended shall be excluded in computing the service of the term of confinement. Regulations prescribed by the Governor may provide that sentences of confinement shall not be executed until approved by designated officers.

(c) All other sentences of courts-martial are effective on the date ordered executed.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-188 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-188
Sec. 27-188. Obtaining of witnesses and evidence.
Status: in_force

(b) The military judge, president of a court-martial, if a special court-martial to which no military judge has been detailed, or a summary court officer may: (1) Issue a warrant for the arrest of any accused person who, having been served with a warrant and a copy of the charges, disobeys a written order by the convening authority to appear before the court; (2) issue subpoenas duces tecum and other subpoenas; (3) enforce by attachment the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers; and (4) sentence for refusal to be sworn or to answer, as provided in actions before civil courts of the state.

(c) Process issued in court-martial cases to compel witnesses to appear and testify and to compel the production of other evidence shall run to any part of the state and shall be executed by civil officers as prescribed by the laws of the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-144 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-144
Sec. 27-144. Applicability of code in and out of state.
Status: in_force

(b) Courts-martial and courts of inquiry may be convened and held in units of the state military forces while those units are serving outside the state with the same jurisdiction and powers as to persons subject to this code as if the proceedings were held inside the state, and offenses committed outside the state may be tried and punished either inside or outside the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-14 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-14
Sec. 27-14. Governor to be commander-in-chief.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 27-73a re emergency service awards.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-189 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-189
Sec. 27-189. Refusal of witness to appear. Witness fees.
Status: in_force

(b) The fees of all witnesses so summoned and of the state marshals, constables or indifferent persons serving such subpoenas shall be the same as provided for in civil actions in the state, and shall be taxed by the president of the court-martial or by the summary court officer.

(c) Such fee when so taxed shall be paid by the State Comptroller to those entitled thereto, upon vouchers prepared by the trial officer or summary court officer and approved by the military judge, by the president of such court-martial, if a special court-martial to which no military judge has been detailed, or, in the case of such summary court officer, by his next higher commander.

See Sec. 52-260 re witness fees for witnesses attending civil courts.

See Sec. 52-261 re fees and expenses of officers and persons serving process for civil actions.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-248 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-248
Sec. 27-248. Wrongful hazard of military vessel.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person subject to this code who negligently hazards or suffers to be hazarded any vessel of the armed forces of the United States or of the state military forces shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-219 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-219
Sec. 27-219. Attempt to commit an offense.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person subject to this code who attempts to commit any offense punishable by this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, unless otherwise specifically prescribed.

(c) Any person subject to this code may be convicted of an attempt to commit an offense although it appears on the trial that the offense was consummated.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-167 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-167
Sec. 27-167. Military judge of general or special court-martial.
Status: in_force

(b) Unless the court-martial was convened by the Governor or the Adjutant General, neither the convening authority nor any member of his staff shall prepare or review any report concerning the effectiveness, fitness, or efficiency of the military judge so detailed, which relates to his performance of duty as a military judge.

(c) No person shall act as military judge in a case if he is the accuser or a witness for the prosecution or has acted as investigating officer or as counsel in the same case.

(d) The military judge shall not consult with the members of the court, other than on the form of the findings as provided in section 27-181 , except in the presence of the accused, trial counsel, and defense counsel, nor shall he vote with the members of the court.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-166 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-166
Sec. 27-166. Who may serve on courts-martial.
Status: in_force

(b) Any warrant officer of or on duty with the state military forces is eligible to serve on general and special courts-martial for the trial of any person, other than a commissioned officer, who may lawfully be brought before such courts for trial.

(c) (1) Any enlisted member of the state military forces who is not a member of the same unit as the accused is eligible to serve on general and special courts-martial for the trial of any enlisted member who may lawfully be brought before such courts for trial, but he shall serve as a member of a court only if, before the convening of the court, the accused personally has requested in writing that enlisted members serve on it. No accused who has made such a request shall be tried by a general or special court-martial the membership of which does not include enlisted members in a number comprising at least one-third of the total membership of the court, unless eligible members cannot be obtained on account of physical conditions or military exigencies. If such members cannot be obtained, the court may be convened and the trial held without them, provided the convening authority shall make a detailed written statement, to be appended to the record, stating why they could not be obtained. (2) In this section, “unit” means any regularly organized body of the state military forces not larger than a company, a squadron, a division of the naval militia, or a body corresponding to one of them.

(d) (1) When it can be avoided, no person subject to this code shall be tried by a court-martial any member of which is junior to him in rank or grade. (2) When convening a court-martial, the convening authority shall detail as members thereof such members as, in his opinion, are best qualified for the duty by reason of age, education, training, experience, length of service, and judicial temperament. No person shall serve as a member of a general or special court-martial if he is the accuser or a witness for the prosecution or has acted as investigating officer or as counsel in the same case. If within the command of the convening authority there is present and not otherwise disqualified a commissioned officer who is a member of the bar of the highest court of the state and of appropriate rank and grade, the convening authority shall appoint him as president of a special court-martial, provided failure to meet this requirement shall, in no case, divest a military court of jurisdiction.

(e) Before a court-martial is assembled for the trial of a case, the convening authority may excuse a member of the court from participating in the case. Under such regulations as the adjutant general may prescribe, the convening authority may delegate his authority under this subsection to his staff judge advocate, a legal officer, or any other principal assistant.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-265 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-265
Sec. 27-265. Investigation of complaint of damage by military personnel. Assessment of damages.
Status: in_force

(b) If the offenders cannot be ascertained, but the organization or detachment to which they belong is known, charges totaling the amount of damages assessed and approved may be paid to the injured parties from the military funds of the units of the state military forces to which the offenders belonged.

(c) Any person subject to this code who is accused of causing wilful damage to property shall have the right to be represented by counsel, to summon witnesses in his behalf, and to cross-examine those appearing against him. He shall have the right of appeal to the next higher commander.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-3 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-3
Sec. 27-3. National Guard; naval militia. Equipment. Location.
Status: in_force

A company formed by voluntary enlistment may be sued and held liable as a voluntary association. 36 C. 376.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-67 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-67
Sec. 27-67. Compensation under Workers' Compensation Act.
Status: in_force

(b) Any member of the armed forces of the state who is injured while performing military duty in accordance with section 27-17 , 27-18 or 27-61 may collect benefits under the provisions of chapter 568 based on the salary of the member's employment or the average production wage in the state, as determined by the Labor Commissioner under the provisions of section 31-309 , whichever is greater. The provisions of this subsection shall apply only if the member of the armed forces of the state is unable to perform the member's regular employment duties.

(c) For the purpose of this section, there shall be no prorating of compensation benefits because of other employment by a member of the armed forces of the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-233 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-233
Sec. 27-233. Mutiny. Sedition.
Status: in_force

(b) A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition or failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-106a — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-106a
Sec. 27-106a. Facility licensure applications by Commissioner of Veterans Affairs. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act, in the event the commissioner applies for a license under subsection (a) of this section, the Department of Veterans Affairs may retain the chronic disease hospital license for the Healthcare Center.

(c) The Department of Public Health shall process an application for any license submitted under subsection (a) of this section in an expedited manner.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 319y and the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, any Department of Veterans Affairs project undertaken pursuant to a license application as provided in subsection (a) of this section shall not be subject to certificate of need application and approval requirements applicable to nursing home services, including beds, additions and capital expenditures.

(e) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act, any Department of Veterans Affairs project undertaken pursuant to a license application as provided in subsection (a) of this section shall be exempt from the requirements for approval of a request or application provided for in section 19a-638 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-148 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-148
Sec. 27-148. Arrest or confinement of enlisted personnel and officers.
Status: in_force

(b) An enlisted member may be ordered into arrest or confinement by any commissioned officer by an order, oral or written, delivered in person or through other persons subject to this code or through any person authorized by this code to apprehend persons. A commanding officer may authorize warrant officers, petty officers, or noncommissioned officers to order enlisted members of his command or subject to his authority into arrest or confinement.

(c) A commissioned officer or a warrant officer may be ordered apprehended or into arrest or confinement only by a commanding officer to whose authority he is subject, by an order, oral or written, delivered in person or by another commissioned officer. The authority to order such persons apprehended or into arrest or confinement may not be delegated.

(d) No person may be ordered apprehended or into arrest or confinement except for probable cause.

(e) This section does not limit the authority of persons authorized to apprehend offenders to secure the custody of an alleged offender until proper authority may be notified.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-204 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 507 / Section 27-204
Sec. 27-204. Return of record to court for reconsideration or correction of error.
Status: in_force

(b) Where there is an apparent error or omission in the record or where the record shows improper or inconsistent action by a court-martial with respect to a finding or sentence which can be rectified without material prejudice to the substantial rights of the accused, the convening authority may return the record to the court for appropriate action. In no case, however, shall the record be returned: (1) For reconsideration of a finding of not guilty, or a ruling which amounts to a finding of not guilty; (2) for reconsideration of a finding of not guilty of any charge, unless the record shows a finding of guilty under a specification laid under that charge, which sufficiently alleges a violation of some section of this code, or (3) for increasing the severity of the sentence unless the sentence prescribed for the offense is mandatory.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-124 — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-124
Sec. 27-124. Celebrations and memorials.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 27-121 re municipal memorials for deceased and missing veterans.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-102q — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-102q
Sec. 27-102q. Benefits for veterans discharged on basis of sexual orientation.
Status: in_force

(b) If the federal government acts to reinstate eligibility for benefits to discharged veterans, regardless of their discharge classification, who have been or otherwise would be denied such benefits solely on the basis of sexual orientation pursuant to any current or former federal policy prohibiting homosexual personnel from serving in the armed forces, the state shall reinstate eligibility for any state benefits such veterans were or otherwise would have been denied due to such federal policy.

(c) To the extent practicable, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall (1) provide information on its Internet web site regarding legal services organizations that assist veterans in military discharge upgrades, including, but not limited to, links to such organizations' Internet web sites, and (2) provide printed resources concerning methods for obtaining military discharge upgrades, which are created by such legal services organizations, to veterans at the department's offices and facilities and disseminate such resources to municipal veterans advisory committees, directors of municipal veterans services and municipal veterans representatives, as described in section 27-135 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-100b — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 504 / Section 27-100b
Sec. 27-100b. Volunteer service program. Report.
Status: in_force

(b) The department shall establish, within its family program, a volunteer service program in which a volunteer service coordinator coordinates with municipalities, local organizations and volunteers throughout the state to provide voluntary services to members, veterans, members' or veterans' families or the department. Such volunteer service coordinator shall not coordinate the provision of voluntary services for any service that requires a license, certificate of registration, permit or other credentials issued by a state agency unless the volunteer holds the required license, certificate of registration, permit or other credentials.

(c) The volunteer services coordinator shall identify municipalities, local organizations and volunteers that provide voluntary services to members, veterans or members' or veterans' families in communities throughout the state or to the department and shall facilitate the provision of such services.

(d) On or before January 31, 2019, and annually thereafter, the department shall report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to veterans' and military affairs, in accordance with section 11-4a , on the voluntary services received under the volunteer service program by members, veterans, members' or veterans' families or the department during the previous calendar year.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-140bb — Connecticut Code / Title 27 / Chapter 506 / Section 27-140bb
Sec. 27-140bb. Commission: Establishment; membership; termination.
Status: in_force

(b) The commission shall consist of nine members, who shall serve for a term of five years, one of whom shall be the commissioner or his designee. The remaining members shall be appointed as follows: The president pro tempore of the Senate shall appoint two members, the minority leader of the Senate shall appoint two members, the speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint two members and the minority leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint two members. There shall be at least six honorably discharged veterans on the commission, four of whom shall have served in the Vietnam theater of operations. One member of the commission shall be a toxicologist and one member shall be a epidemiologist, each of whom shall be licensed by the state.

(c) The commission shall elect a chairperson from among its members. Vacancies in the membership of the commission and its officers shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment or election. The commission shall meet at least four times a year at the call of the chairperson. The initial meeting of the commission shall be called by the commissioner not later than September 1, 1982. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services.

(d) The commission shall cease to exist on June 30, 1990.