Bill Text: CT SB00201 | 2016 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Posthumous Awarding Of The Connecticut Wartime Service Medal.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-06 - Signed by the Governor [SB00201 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2016-SB00201-Chaptered.html
AN ACT CONCERNING THE POSTHUMOUS AWARDING OF THE CONNECTICUT WARTIME SERVICE MEDAL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 27-73e of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
The Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs in conjunction with the Adjutant General shall award a ribbon and medal to each veteran who served in time of war, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103, and who either (1) was a resident of this state at the time he or she was called to active duty for such service, or (2) is domiciled in this state on the date of such award. The commissioner in conjunction with the Adjutant General shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, setting forth the process for designing the ribbon and medal, identifying veterans who are eligible for the ribbon and medal under this section and establishing procedures for distributing the ribbon and medal to each eligible veteran. The cost of the ribbons and medals shall be paid from the funds appropriated to the military assistance account within the Military Department. Within existing budgetary resources, awards under this section may be made posthumously for veterans who died on or after [January 1, 2000] November 12, 1918.