2014 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans
Chapter 506 - Veterans
Section 27-135 - Local veterans’ advisory committee. Veterans’ service contact person.
(a) Any city or town, either separately or with one or more other cities and towns, may, by ordinance, establish a local veterans’ advisory committee which shall have the responsibility of carrying out locally the duties and purposes of this section and, within their charter powers and as otherwise provided by law, may make available to such local committees the necessary funds to carry out their duties and responsibilities. The committee may (1) act as the coordinating agency in all matters concerning veterans and their dependents, coordinating the activities of public and private facilities concerned with veterans’ reemployment, education, rehabilitation and adjustment to peacetime living; (2) cooperate with all national, state and local governmental and private agencies in securing services and benefits to which a veteran or his dependents may be entitled; (3) use the services and facilities of the veterans organizations so far as possible to carry out the purposes of this section; and (4) encourage and coordinate vocational training services for veterans.
(b) Any city or town that (1) has not established a local veterans’ advisory committee pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and (2) does not otherwise provide funding for a veterans’ service officer shall designate a city or town employee to serve as a veterans’ service contact person in such city or town. Any city or town employee designated as a veterans’ service contact person shall carry out the duties described in subsection (a) of this section and may complete an annual training course conducted by the veterans’ advocacy and assistance unit, as described in subsection (b) of section 27-102l.
(1949, S. 1647d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 78; P.A. 13-34, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 13-34 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), added Subsec. (b) re veterans’ service contact person, and made technical changes.
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