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CT Gen Stat § 27-102a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 505a - United States Armed Forces|Section 27-102a - Exemption from fees, taxes and fines for members of armed forces.

 (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes with respect to annual or biennial license or registration fees or occupational taxes, any resident of Connecticut on active duty with the armed forces of the United States shall be exempt from the payment of such fees or taxes during his period of active service and for one year following the date of his honorable discharge or the date of his release under honorable conditions, from such service.(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.(P.A. 73-515; P.A. 91-123, S. 1, 3; P.A. 08-121, S. 2; P.A. 10-32, S. 94.)History: P.A. 91-123 divided section into three Subsecs., adding a new Subsec. (b) which exempted residents on active duty with armed forces in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm from penalties re late motor vehicle renewals and emissions inspection, and a new Subsec. (c) to permit persons who qualify for late fee exemption under Subsec. (b) and who have paid late fee to apply for refund of fee; P.A. 08-121 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provision re resident of state on active duty with armed forces of U.S. during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm with provision re member of armed forces of any state or of any reserve component who has been called to active service in armed forces of any state of the U.S., changing “resident” to “member”, changing “resident returns to the state” to “member is released from the qualifying military service” and making technical changes, and deleted former Subsec. (c) re refund of late fee, effective May 27, 2008; P.A. 10-32 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective May 10, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 27-102b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 505a - United States Armed Forces|Section 27-102b - Credits and exemptions re state licensure and certification requirements for training, schooling or experience while serving as a member of the armed forces.

 Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any regulation of Connecticut state agencies, a state agency or board that issues licenses or certificates for which professional training, schooling or apprenticeship is required shall provide credits or exemptions from requirements toward licensure or certification for any applicant who received applicable training, schooling or experience while serving as a member of the armed forces. An applicant shall not be required to repeat any substantively similar training or schooling required for licensure or certification. Credits or exemptions from requirements toward licenses or certificates awarded by the constituent units of the state system of public higher education pursuant to this section shall be granted in a manner consistent with (1) guidelines established by the American Council on Education, (2) the constituent units' transfer credit policies, and (3) 38 CFR 21.4253 and 38 CFR 21.4254. For purposes of this section, “armed forces” means the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Air Force and any reserve component thereof, including the Connecticut National Guard and the state militia.(P.A. 10-105, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-102m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 506 - Veterans|Section 27-102m - Commissioner to investigate complaints re conduct or treatment of veterans or family members.

 The commissioner, in his or her discretion, shall investigate all complaints made to the commissioner with respect to the conduct or treatment of veterans, their spouses, or eligible dependents and family members receiving services under this chapter, or any program administered by the department and for such purpose shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses under oath. If upon the completion of such investigation, the commissioner finds that any veteran, spouse or eligible dependent has not received proper care or has been ill treated or abused by any officer or employee, the commissioner shall, in his or her discretion, cause the offender to be prosecuted, disciplined or dismissed and shall order such remedial action as the commissioner deems necessary to eliminate the condition. If upon such investigation, the commissioner finds that no adequate grounds exist for such complaint, the commissioner shall certify that fact to the officer or employee involved and cause such officer's or employee's record to be cleared of the incident.(P.A. 88-285, S. 3, 35; P.A. 14-141, S. 1.)History: P.A. 14-141 made technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 27-102o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 506 - Veterans|Section 27-102o - Department authorized to receive and expend funds for Women in Military Service for America Memorial.

 The Department of Veterans' Affairs may, subject to any limitations otherwise imposed by law, receive and accept on behalf of the state any funds that may be offered or that may become available from federal grants or appropriations, private gifts, donations or bequests, or any other source and may expend such funds for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part and on behalf of the state, the construction of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.(P.A. 97-206, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-102p (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 506 - Veterans|Section 27-102p - Annual report of veterans' benefits.

 (a) Not later than July 15, 2007, and annually thereafter, each state agency or municipality that provides benefits to veterans, as defined in section 27-103, shall submit a report to the Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs that includes a description of each type of benefit provided to veterans, the value of such benefit and the number of veterans to whom such benefit was provided, for the twelve-month period ending on June thirtieth of the same year. The commissioner shall compile the data in such report.(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 public safety, 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.(P.A. 06-153, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-102q (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 506 - Veterans|Section 27-102q - Benefits for veterans discharged on basis of sexual orientation.

 (a) For purposes of this section, “veteran” means any person discharged or released from active service in the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103, regardless of his or her discharge classification.(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 local veterans' advisory committees, as described in section 27-135.(P.A. 13-48, S. 1; P.A. 18-72, S. 41.)History: P.A. 18-72 amended Subsec. (c) to replace “Department of Veterans' Affairs” with “Department of Veterans Affairs”.
CT Gen Stat § 27-106a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 506 - Veterans|Section 27-106a - Facility licensure applications by Commissioner of Veterans Affairs. Exemptions.

 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act, the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, on behalf of any facility operated by the commissioner and established by the state for the care of veterans, may apply to the Department of Public Health for: (1) A license for a chronic and convalescent nursing home, as defined in section 19a-521; (2) a license for a rest home with nursing supervision, as defined in section 19a-521; or (3) a license for an assisted living services agency, as defined in section 19a-490.(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.(P.A. 04-258, S. 26; P.A. 16-167, S. 5.)History: P.A. 04-258 effective July 1, 2004 (Revisor's note: References to “Veterans' Home and Hospital” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with “Veterans' Home” to conform section with a change in the facility's name enacted in P.A. 04-169); P.A. 16-167 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs” with “Commissioner of Veterans Affairs”, amended Subsec. (b) to delete “such home's” and add “for the Healthcare Center” re chronic disease hospital license and amended Subsecs. (b), (d) and (e) to replace “Veterans' Home” with “Department of Veterans Affairs”, effective July 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 27-107 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 506 - Veterans|Section 27-107 - State police duty. Regulation of traffic upon grounds of Department of Veterans Affairs.

 (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall assign one or more state policemen for duty upon the grounds of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Rocky Hill as may be requested by the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs.(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.(1949 Rev., S. 2939; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 80-49, S. 2; P.A. 88-285, S. 5, 35; P.A. 04-169, S. 7; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; 11-256, S. 7; P.A. 12-132, S. 46; P.A. 16-167, S. 6.)History: P.A. 77-614 substituted “commissioner of public safety” for “commissioner of state police”, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-49 provided for regulation of parking and speed limits by the commission with the approval of the state traffic commission in new Subsec. (b) and for implementing procedures, prohibitions, restrictions with a fine of not more than $25 for violations within jurisdiction in the court or traffic authority in the town of Rocky Hill; P.A. 88-285 replaced veterans' home and hospital commission with commissioner; P.A. 04-169 amended Subsec. (b) to change the name of the Veterans' Home and Hospital to the Veterans' Home, effective June 1, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-256 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change and amended Subsec. (b) to add provision re installation of stop signs, insert numeric Subdiv. designators and make technical changes; P.A. 12-132 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “State Traffic Commission” with “Office of the State Traffic Administration”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 16-167 replaced “Veterans' Home” with “Department of Veterans Affairs”, replaced “Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs” with “Commissioner of Veterans Affairs” and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 27-109 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 506 - Veterans|Section 27-109 - Hospital care.

 Any hospital, upon request of the commissioner, shall furnish any veteran, determined by the commissioner to be entitled to admission thereto, necessary food, clothing, care and treatment therein at the expense of the state, unless other funds or means of payment are available, and such veteran shall have preference for admission into such hospital. As used in this section, “veteran” means any person (1) honorably discharged from, or released under honorable conditions from active service in, the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103, or (2) with a qualifying condition, as defined in said section, who has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from active service in the armed forces.(1949 Rev., S. 2930; P.A. 88-285, S. 9, 35; P.A. 04-169, S. 9; P.A. 18-47, S. 21.)History: P.A. 88-285 replaced commission with commissioner; P.A. 04-169 inserted “unless other funds or means of payment are available,”, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 18-47 added definition of “veteran”.
CT Gen Stat § 27-109a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 506 - Veterans|Section 27-109a - Veterans' health registry. Disclosure of registry information.

 (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs may establish and maintain, within available resources, a registry of data on members of the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103, who have completed a period of active service. The department may develop surveys for members or their health care providers to voluntarily provide data during or after such active service. The surveys and data shall be collected and maintained 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. The department may also create and release for radio and television broadcast noncommercial sustaining announcements to encourage veterans in the state to participate in such surveys, provide such data and otherwise enroll in such registry. For purposes of this section, “noncommercial sustaining announcement” means an announcement that airs during unsold commercial time donated by a broadcaster to a broadcasters' association and that is then made available to a state or federal government agency or nonprofit organization at a reduced rate for the promotion of specific public service programs or campaigns.(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.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 46; P.A. 16-192, S. 3.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 16-192 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re creation and broadcast of noncommercial sustaining announcements and to define “noncommercial sustaining announcement”.
CT Gen Stat § 27-115a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 506 - Veterans|Section 27-115a - Appropriation.

 Obsolete.(1967, P.A. 843, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-115b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 506 - Veterans|Section 27-115b - Eligible family members to participate in programs administered by department.

 Eligible family members may participate in a program or service administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, in accordance with the regulations and procedures adopted for the operation, administration and management of such program or service.(P.A. 88-285, S. 7, 35; P.A. 18-72, S. 42.)History: P.A. 18-72 replaced “Department of Veterans' Affairs” with “Department of Veterans Affairs”.
CT Gen Stat § 27-116 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 506 - Veterans|Section 27-116 - Weekly allowances to widows of veterans of Civil War or Spanish-American War.

 Section 27-116 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(1949 Rev., S. 2937; 1971, P.A. 105, S. 3; P.A. 88-285, S. 12, 35; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 27-117 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 506 - Veterans|Section 27-117 - Disclosure of property of applicant.

 Any person who has in his or her possession or control any property of any person applying for or receiving aid from the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund or the department, or who is indebted to such applicant or recipient or has knowledge of any property belonging to him or her, and any officer who has control of the books and accounts of any corporation which has possession or control of any property belonging to any person applying for or receiving such aid or is indebted to him or her, shall, upon presentation by the disbursing officer thereof or any person deputized by him or her of a certificate signed by him or her, stating that such applicant or recipient has applied for or is receiving aid from said fund or the department, make full disclosure to such disbursing officer or deputy of any such property or indebtedness. Such disclosure may be obtained in like manner of the property or indebtedness of any person liable for the support of any such applicant or recipient.(1949 Rev., S. 2938; P.A. 88-285, S. 13, 35; P.A. 04-169, S. 11.)History: P.A. 88-285 replaced veterans' home and hospital commission with department; P.A. 04-169 made technical changes, effective June 1, 2004; (Revisor's note: In 2005 the Revisors editorially deleted the apostrophe from “Marines” in name of fund).
CT Gen Stat § 27-119 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans|Chapter 506 - Veterans|Section 27-119 - Veterans' headstones, services to be provided by state.

 When the grave of any person who, in time of war, served in the military or naval forces of the English colonies in America, prior to 1776, or the grave of any veteran, which is located in this state, is unmarked by a suitable headstone, or is marked by a bronze marker erected by this state, the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs shall, upon application made not later than two years after the death of such veteran or two years from the interment of the remains of such veteran from abroad, provide payment for the costs of erecting headstones provided by the federal government and shall furnish transportation costs, where none are provided, for said headstones from the nearest destination point to which the federal government will deliver such headstones, to the gravesite, provided such payment is requested not later than one year from the date of the approval of such application. The expense of transportation and the erection or installation of such headstone to an amount not exceeding an amount prescribed by the commissioner, shall be paid by the Comptroller.(1949 Rev., S. 2941; 1969, P.A. 170, S. 1; P.A. 73-501; P.A. 88-285, S. 15, 35; P.A. 97-150; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 55, 121; P.A. 16-167, S. 35.)History: 1969 act increased ceiling on cost of headstone from $50 to $75; P.A. 73-501 deleted provisions pertaining to furnishing headstones and provided for payment of cost of erecting and transporting headstones provided by the federal government; P.A. 88-285 replaced veterans' home and hospital commission with commissioner; P.A. 97-150 limited requirement of commissioner to pay cost of erecting headstones to cases where application for payment occurs no later than two years from date of death or interment of remains from abroad and authorized payment for certain expenses of headstones to an amount not exceeding amount prescribed by commissioner; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 added specific reference to Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs, effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 16-167 replaced “Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs” with “Commissioner of Veterans Affairs”, effective July 1, 2016.Contract for headstones made under former statute held discharged by second contract. 124 C. 304.1937 change in statute discussed. 5 CS 495.