Bill Text: CT SB00368 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Representation On The Board Of Trustees For The Department Of Veterans' Affairs.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-04-28 - House Calendar Number 393 [SB00368 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00368-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 368
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 3588
		*03588SB00368VA_*
Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Introduced by:
(VA)

AN ACT CONCERNING REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS.

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

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 27-102n of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):

(a) There shall be a Board of Trustees for the Department of Veterans' Affairs. The board shall be comprised of the commissioner and sixteen members who by education or experience shall be qualified in health care, business management, social services or law and who shall have a demonstrated interest in the concerns of veterans. A majority of the members of the board shall be veterans, including veterans of World War II, the Korean hostilities and the Vietnam era. Members shall be appointed as follows: Ten by the Governor who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, including one member or representative of a veterans' organization that represents or serves disabled veterans, and one member each by the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, whose terms shall be coterminous with the term of the appointing authority. Members shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. They shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses in the performance of their duties.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2011	27-102n(a)

Statement of Purpose:

To provide that one member of the Board of Trustees for the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall be a member of a veterans' organization representing or serving disabled veterans.

[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.]

Co-Sponsors:

SEN. SLOSSBERG, 14th Dist.

S.B. 368