Bill Text: CT HB05318 | 2018 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Offering Of Certain Motor Vehicles From The State Motor Pool To Qualified Veterans' Charitable Organizations.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-07 - Senate Calendar Number 551 [HB05318 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05318-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
Substitute Bill No. 5318 | |
February Session, 2018 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE OFFERING OF CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES FROM THE STATE MOTOR POOL TO QUALIFIED VETERANS' CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 4a-57a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2018):
(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall administer a property distribution program for the disposition of usable property that a state agency deems surplus to its operating needs. If any such property cannot be transferred between state agencies and there is not an immediate need to remove the property from a state facility, the commissioner shall offer the property for sale to municipalities and transit districts. If no municipality or transit district purchases the property, the commissioner shall offer the property for sale to the public, except that any motor vehicle from the state interagency motor pool, as described in section 4a-5, shall not be sold to any qualified veterans' charitable organization, as described in section 27-100f, for less than two thousand dollars. If the commissioner is unable to sell the property to a municipality or transit district or the public, the commissioner may donate the property to a nonprofit organization. The commissioner may dispose of any property that is not transferred, sold or donated, except that, in the case of any motor vehicle from the state interagency motor pool not transferred, sold or donated, the commissioner may offer such motor vehicle to any qualified veterans' charitable organization for the purpose of donating such motor vehicle to a veteran in accordance with section 2 of this act. The commissioner shall establish a process for notifying municipalities and nonprofit organizations of their eligibility to receive surplus property under this subsection.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2018) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may offer, pursuant to section 4a-57a of the general statutes, as amended by this act, for not more than two thousand dollars, a motor vehicle from the state interagency motor pool, as described in section 4a-5 of the general statutes, to a qualified veterans' charitable organization, as described in section 27-100f of the general statutes, for the purpose of donating such motor vehicle to a veteran. Any such qualified veterans' charitable organization shall (1) identify veterans in the state (A) who have performed service in time of war, (B) with a service-connected disability rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and (C) with a demonstrated need of financial assistance, as determined by such organization, (2) donate any such motor vehicle to any such veteran, and (3) in the case of any such veteran who accepts any such donation, pay any administrative cost or fee to the Department of Motor Vehicles related to the transfer of any such motor vehicle from such organization to such veteran. As used in this section, "veteran" has the same meaning as provided in subsection (a) of section 27-103 of the general statutes.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2018 |
4a-57a(a) |
Sec. 2 |
October 1, 2018 |
New section |
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1, "qualified" was inserted before "veterans' charitable organization" for accuracy; in Sec. 2, "qualified" was inserted before "veterans' charitable organization" for accuracy; and title was changed.
VA |
Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO |