General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5582

 

January Session, 2017

 

LCO No. 1392

 

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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING HONOR GUARD DETAILS AT VETERAN FUNERALS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 27-76 of the general statutes be amended to require that honor guard details at veteran funerals consist of not less than five members, two of which shall be riflemen or riflewomen, plus one bugler.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide that honor guard details at veteran funerals consist of at least five members and include at least two riflemen or riflewomen in such details.