Bill Text: CT SB01036 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Funerals For Members Of The General Assembly.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-27 - Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations [SB01036 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-SB01036-Comm_Sub.html
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January Session, 2011 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING FUNERALS FOR MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 3-2b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
The Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs shall cause to be erected at the grave of any person who has served as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller, Attorney General or member of the General Assembly of this state and who died or dies subsequent to January 1, 1971, a footstone, marked with the seal of the state, the name of the deceased, the date of his or her death and the office or offices in which he or she served and the dates such service was rendered. The commissioner shall also provide for such grave a flag holder and a Connecticut state flag. At the request of the next of kin of any such Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller or Attorney General, the Commissioner of Public Safety shall provide an honor guard of six state policemen to attend the funeral and burial of such officer. At the request of the next of kin of any such member of the General Assembly, the executive director of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management shall direct the chief of police of the Office of State Capitol Police to provide an honor guard of State Capitol police officers to attend the funeral and burial of such member, provided such funeral and burial take place in the state of Connecticut.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
3-2b |
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Joint Favorable Subst. |
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Joint Favorable |