SB 280

General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 280
  February Session, 2026  LCO No. 1548
 Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AND MILITARY
 AFFAIRS
 Introduced by:
   (VA)
 AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS'
 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MINOR AND TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO
 STATUTES RELATING TO VETERANS' AND MILITARY AFFAIRS.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
 Assembly convened:
1      Section 1. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 27-102l of the
2    2026 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is
3    substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026):
4      (b) (1) The commissioner may appoint a manager to administer an
5   Office of Advocacy and Assistance for the aid and benefit of veterans
6   and their spouses, eligible dependents and family members. The office
7   shall have a staff of not [less] fewer than nineteen men and women,
8   including not [less] fewer than fourteen veterans' service officers, and
9   not [less] fewer than three clerical personnel. The manager and veterans'
10   service officers shall be veterans, as defined in subsection (a) of section
11   27-103, or veterans who were awarded the armed forces expeditionary
12   medal for service by the armed forces.
13      Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 14-21cc of the 2026 supplement to the
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14 general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
15 thereof (Effective October 1, 2026):
16   (c) There is established the "Hispanic-American Veterans of
17 Connecticut" commemorative account which shall be a separate,
18 nonlapsing account. [within the General Fund.] The account shall
19 contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The
20 funds in said account shall be used by Hispanic-American Veterans of
21 Connecticut, Inc. to provide bilingual services and assistance to
22 Connecticut veterans and members of the armed forces. Hispanic-
23 American Veterans of Connecticut, Inc. may receive private donations
24 to said account and any such donations shall be deposited in said
25 account.
  This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
  sections:
  Section 1  October 1, 2026  27-102l(b)(1)
  Sec. 2  October 1, 2026  14-21cc(c)
 Statement of Purpose:
 To make minor and technical revisions to statutes relating to veterans'
 and military affairs.
 [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
 that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
 underlined.]
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