(a) The American Legion shall, on or before January fifteenth annually, cause an independent audit to be conducted of the expenditures of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund, described in section 27-138. Such audit shall be conducted in accordance with sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive, and regulations adopted pursuant to section 4-236. The audit report shall include: (1) A list of expenditures authorized pursuant to section 27-140 that describes the type, and includes the assistance amount and the number of recipients, of each expenditure for each month; and (2) a detailed description of the administrative and operating expenditures incurred by the American Legion in administering the fund, along with the names, titles and compensation of all staff administering the operations of the fund.
(b) Not later than seven business days after the date on which the American Legion receives the audit report of the independent audit described in subsection (a) of this section, the American Legion shall submit to the Auditors of Public Accounts, the Office of Policy and Management, and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and veterans' and military affairs a copy of such report. The American Legion shall make such report available to the public in an electronic format.
(P.A. 13-247, S. 122; P.A. 14-217, S. 62.)
History: P.A. 13-247 effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (a) by changing independent audit from biennial to annual, limiting audit to expenditures of fund, deleting former Subdivs. (1), (2) and (4) to (6) re items to be included in audit report, redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (1) and amending same to require inclusion of list of expenditures authorized pursuant to Sec. 27-140 with assistance amount and number of recipients per month, and adding new Subdiv. (2) re inclusion of detailed description of administrative and operating expenditures and certain staff information, and amended Subsec. (b) by changing recipients of audit report from Treasurer to Auditors of Public Accounts and Office of Policy and Management and from finance, revenue and bonding committee to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies committee and by eliminating requirement that report be made available to public in paper format, 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.