Bill Text: CT SB00370 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 370 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Eligibility For Veterans' Benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-20 - Referred to Joint Committee on Veterans' Affairs [SB00370 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00370-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 370*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 955

Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Introduced by:
SEN. RORABACK, 30^th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR VETERANS' BENEFITS.

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

That subsection (a) of section 27-103 of the general statutes be amended to provide that "service in time of war" means service of eighty-nine or more days, except, if the period of war lasted less than eighty-nine days, "service in time of war" means service for the entire period of war unless separated from service earlier because of a service-connected disability.

Statement of Purpose:

To reduce the period of time that a veteran in service in time of war must serve in order to qualify for certain veterans' benefits and property tax exemptions.