Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 506 - Veterans
Section 27-124a. - Veterans and Military Tourism Trail.

The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, or the commissioner's designee, may (1) establish, in consultation with the Department of Economic and Community Development, a Veterans and Military Tourism Trail linking museums, memorials, battleground sites and other historic sites in the state relating to veterans and the United States armed forces, and (2) publicize the existence of the Veterans and Military Tourism Trail and shall publish a brochure that indicates the location and history of each site, provided said commissioner shall solicit private donations to cover the entire cost of such publicizing and publishing.

(P.A. 21-105, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 21-105 effective July 1, 2021.

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Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans

Chapter 506 - Veterans

Section 27-102l. - Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans Residential Services facility. Office of Advocacy and Assistance. Powers and duties. Regulations.

Section 27-102m. - Commissioner to investigate complaints re conduct or treatment of veterans or family members.

Section 27-102n. - Board of Trustees for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Members. Duties. Annual report.

Section 27-102o. - Department authorized to receive and expend funds for Women in Military Service for America Memorial.

Section 27-102p. - Annual report of veterans' benefits.

Section 27-102q. - Benefits for veterans discharged on basis of sexual orientation.

Section 27-103. - Definitions. Qualifying Review Board. Discharge based on veteran's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Application, review, recommendation, reconsideration and appeal.

Section 27-104, 27-104a and 27-105. - Veterans' Home and Hospital Commission. Civil actions, claims and demands against commission members or employees; immunity; indemnification; representation by Attorney General. Officers; treasurer.

Section 27-106. - Duties of commissioner re Veterans Residential Services facility and Healthcare Center. Expenditures from institutional general welfare fund. November eleventh exercises.

Section 27-106a. - Facility licensure applications by Commissioner of Veterans Affairs. Exemptions.

Section 27-107. - State police duty. Regulation of traffic upon grounds of Department of Veterans Affairs.

Section 27-108. - Admission to Veterans Residential Services facility or Healthcare Center. Discharge. Transfer. Payment.

Section 27-109. - Hospital care.

Section 27-109a. - Veterans' health registry. Disclosure of registry information.

Section 27-110. - Commitment of mentally ill veterans. Transfer to federal agency.

Section 27-111 to 27-115. - Fees for commitment. Care elsewhere than in Veterans' Home and Hospital. Treatment of dipsomaniacs. Commission to investigate complaints. Support of dependents.

Section 27-115a. - Appropriation.

Section 27-115b. - Eligible family members to participate in programs administered by department.

Section 27-116. - Weekly allowances to widows of veterans of Civil War or Spanish-American War.

Section 27-117. - Disclosure of property of applicant.

Section 27-118. - Funeral expenses.

Section 27-119. - Veterans' headstones, services to be provided by state.

Section 27-119a. - Markers for graves of colonial and Revolutionary War veterans.

Section 27-120. - Memorials for veterans buried abroad or missing.

Section 27-121. - Municipal memorials for deceased and missing veterans.

Section 27-122. - Plot in Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven.

Section 27-122a. - Establishment of veterans' cemetery.

Section 27-122b. - Eligibility for burial in veterans' cemetery. Consecrated area designation.

Section 27-123. - Graves of soldiers and sailors.

Section 27-124. - Celebrations and memorials.

Section 27-124a. - Veterans and Military Tourism Trail.

Section 27-125. - Temporary assistance.

Section 27-126. - Aid restricted.

Section 27-127. - Veterans' Relief Fund.

Section 27-128. - Transfer of moneys between Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund and appropriations to Department of Veterans Affairs.

Section 27-129. - Conservator for incompetent veteran.

Section 27-130. - Acquisition of property by veterans' organizations.

Section 27-131. - Preservation of Spanish War records.

Section 27-132 and 27-133. - Roster of Connecticut men and women in armed forces during the First World War. Distribution and sale of World War I roster.

Section 27-134. - Copies of statutes for veterans' organizations.

Section 27-135. - Local veterans' advisory committee. Municipal veterans' representative.

Section 27-136. - Powers of attorney granted by persons in armed forces.

Section 27-137. - Acknowledgments by persons serving in armed forces and spouses.

Section 27-138. - Custody and administration of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund. Annual disbursement to American Legion. Use of funds. Treatment of gifts, bequests and donations.

Section 27-138a. - Availability of regulations of fund, bylaws of American Legion and applications for aid from fund.

Section 27-138b. - Hearing on denial of aid.

Section 27-138c. - Appeal.

Section 27-138d. - Expenses incurred in connection with premises used by fund administrator.

Section 27-138e. - Annual independent audit of fund expenditures. Audit report.

Section 27-138f. - Transfer of furnishings, equipment and supplies to American Legion. Retention of documents.

Section 27-138g. - Use of office space in state-owned or state-leased buildings by American Legion. Payment of rental or lease.

Section 27-138h. - Disclosure of certain fund records under Freedom of Information Act. Access to records by Treasurer. Exceptions.

Section 27-139. - Increase of fund.

Section 27-140. - Expenditure.

Section 27-140aa. - Definitions.

Section 27-140bb. - Commission: Establishment; membership; termination.

Section 27-140cc. - Duties of commission. Reports.

Section 27-140dd. - Duties of department.

Section 27-140ee. - Report concerning veteran who may have been exposed to Vietnam herbicides. Disclosure of information.

Section 27-140a to 27-140m. - Bonus for Veterans of Vietnam Era, generally.

Section 27-140ff to 27-140hh. - Definitions. Commission established; membership; vacancies. Duties of commission; reports.

Section 27-140ii. - Assistance to members of the Connecticut National Guard and veterans to obtain federal treatment services for depleted uranium exposure. Report re adequacy of training and feasibility of predeployment training.

Section 27-140n. - Payment of World War II and Korean veterans' bonuses.

Section 27-140o to 27-140y. - Definitions. Bonus amount. Duties and powers of State Treasurer. Payment of expenses. Application on behalf of incapable veteran. Compensation prohibited, when. Right or payment not subject to claims or deemed assets und...