Any applicant denied aid under section 27-140 shall be given written notice by registered mail by the administrator of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund stating the reasons for such denial. The applicant may, within fifteen days of the date of the mailing of such notice, make a request in writing by registered mail directed to the administrator for a hearing on such denial. The administrator shall notify the applicant in writing, within five days of the receipt of the request, of the place and date of hearing, which hearing shall be held not less than thirty days from the date of mailing of the notice. The hearing may be conducted by the administrator or by a hearing officer appointed by the administrator in writing. The applicant shall be entitled to be represented by counsel and a transcript or audio or audiovisual recording of the hearing shall be made by the administrator. If the hearing is conducted by a hearing officer, he shall state his findings and make recommendation to the administrator on the issue of the denial of the application. The administrator, based upon such findings and recommendations of the hearing officer, or after a hearing conducted by him, shall render a decision in writing denying the application or granting it in accordance with the regulations of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund. A copy of such decision shall be sent by registered mail to the applicant. An applicant aggrieved by said decision may appeal therefrom as provided in section 27-138c.
(1969, P.A. 347, S. 3; P.A. 14-217, S. 59.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 2005 the Revisors editorially deleted the apostrophe from “Marines” in name of fund); P.A. 14-217 changed time period to request hearing from 10 days to 15 days and added provisions re administrator to make transcript or audio or audiovisual recording of hearing, effective July 1, 2014.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans
Section 27-102p. - Annual report of veterans' benefits.
Section 27-102q. - Benefits for veterans discharged on basis of sexual orientation.
Section 27-106a. - Facility licensure applications by Commissioner of Veterans Affairs. Exemptions.
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 27-115a. - 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 27-129. - Conservator for incompetent veteran.
Section 27-130. - Acquisition of property by veterans' organizations.
Section 27-131. - Preservation of Spanish War records.
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 27-138b. - Hearing on denial of aid.
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 27-139. - 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 27-140a to 27-140m. - Bonus for Veterans of Vietnam Era, generally.
Section 27-140n. - Payment of World War II and Korean veterans' bonuses.