Title 27 — Title 27: Armed Forces and Veterans

Sec. 27-120. Memorials for veterans buried abroad or missing. If any person who, in time of war, served in the military or naval forces of the English colonies in America, prior to 1776, or of the state of Connecticut or in the armed forces of the United States, and was credited …

Sec. 27-121. Municipal memorials for deceased and missing veterans. If the chief executive authority of any municipality which had as residents several veterans who were killed or lost as described in section 27-120, and to whose memory markers or headstones have not already been…

Sec. 27-122. Plot in Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven. Section 27-122 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2944; 1963, P.A. 402.)

Sec. 27-122a. Establishment of veterans' cemetery. (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall transfer to the Veterans' Home and Hospital Commission two certain pieces or parcels of land known as Plot # 6, containing thirty acres, more or less, situated on…

Sec. 27-122b. Eligibility for burial in veterans' cemetery. Consecrated area designation. (a) As used in this section, “veteran” means any person who is a veteran, as defined in section 27-103, who (1) has completed at least twenty years of qualifying service, as described in and…

Sec. 27-123. Graves of soldiers and sailors. In each city and town there shall be appointed annually, by the chief executive authority of the city or town, a committee of three citizens of the city or town, who are veterans and whose duty it shall be to see that the grave of any …

Sec. 27-124. Celebrations and memorials. Any town, at a town meeting warned and held for such purpose, and any city or borough, by its aldermen, common council or burgesses, may appropriate money for public celebrations in honor of members of the armed forces and veterans, and fo…

Sec. 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,…

Sec. 27-125. Temporary assistance. Any veteran who is a citizen of this state and who, through disability or other causes incident to service in the armed forces in time of war, is in need of temporary financial assistance may be provided for by the Commissioner of Veterans Affai…

Sec. 27-126. Aid restricted. No person shall receive aid under the provisions of this part who is receiving aid under the provisions of part II of this chapter, and no person receiving aid under the provisions of section 27-125 shall receive aid under any other provision of this …

Sec. 27-127. Veterans' Relief Fund. Section 27-127 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2947; 1972, P.A. 294, S. 25.)

Sec. 27-128. Transfer of moneys between Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund and appropriations to Department of Veterans Affairs. The Governor may transfer, from time to time, as may be found expedient, moneys existing in the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund and moneys appropria…

Sec. 27-129. Conservator for incompetent veteran. When an application is filed for the appointment of a conservator for an incompetent veteran, a certificate of the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary's authorized representative that such person has been …

Sec. 27-130. Acquisition of property by veterans' organizations. The American Legion, The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, The Disabled American Veterans of the World War, Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated, The Jewish War Veterans of t…

Sec. 27-131. Preservation of Spanish War records. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services is authorized to maintain a headquarters of the Department of Connecticut United Spanish War Veterans, under the management and control of its state commander, and to collect, classi…

Secs. 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. Sections 27-132 and 27-133 are repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 1314, 1315; 1961, P.A. 261, S. 2; 275; P.A. 77-…

Sec. 27-134. Copies of statutes for veterans' organizations. The Secretary of the State shall, upon request, provide each established veterans' organization occupying office space furnished by the state in the city of Hartford with an annotated copy of the revised statutes and an…

Sec. 27-135. Assistance provided by municipalities re veterans services and benefits. (a) As used in this section, “veteran” has the same meaning as provided in subsection (a) of section 27-103 and “chief executive officer” means the officer described in subdivision (2) of subsec…

Sec. 27-136. Powers of attorney granted by persons in armed forces. No person who acts under a power of attorney of a principal in the armed forces of the United States, or of a principal whose duties in connection with any service in which the armed forces, as defined in section…

Sec. 27-137. Acknowledgments by persons serving in armed forces and spouses. In addition to the acknowledgment of instruments in the manner and form otherwise authorized by law, any person serving in or with the armed forces of the United States and his or her spouse, may acknowl…

Sec. 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. (a) The Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund shall remain as established and shall be in the custody …

Sec. 27-138a. Availability of regulations of fund, bylaws of American Legion and applications for aid from fund. The administrator of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund shall make available: (1) Online, a copy of the regulations of the fund and the bylaws of the American Legi…

Sec. 27-138b. Hearing on denial of aid. 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…

Sec. 27-138c. Appeal. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the administrator rendered under section 27-138b may appeal such decision to a review board composed of no fewer than three members of the American Legion State Fund Commission as specified in the bylaws of the American …

Sec. 27-138d. Expenses incurred in connection with premises used by fund administrator. Section 27-138d is repealed, effective July 1, 2014. (P.A. 76-434, S. 10, 12; P.A. 14-217, S. 259.)

Sec. 27-138e. Annual independent audit of fund expenditures. Audit report. (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…

Sec. 27-138f. Transfer of furnishings, equipment and supplies to American Legion. Retention of documents. All furnishings, equipment, and supplies in the possession of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund on June 30, 2014, shall be transferred to the American Legion at no cost …

Sec. 27-138g. Use of office space in state-owned or state-leased buildings by American Legion. Payment of rental or lease. With the approval of the Department of Administrative Services, the American Legion may utilize office space in state-owned or state-leased buildings, subjec…

Sec. 27-138h. Disclosure of certain fund records under Freedom of Information Act. Access to records by Treasurer. Exceptions. (a) As used in this section, (1) “personal information” means information capable of being associated with a particular individual through one or more id…

Sec. 27-139. Increase of fund. Section 27-139 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2958; 1955, S. 1649d; 1961, P.A. 578, S. 15.)

Sec. 27-140. Expenditure. All money so paid to and received by the American Legion shall be expended by it in furnishing temporary income; subsistence items such as food, wearing apparel, shelter and related expenses; medical or surgical aid or care or relief (1) to, or in bearin…

Secs. 27-140a to 27-140m. Bonus for Veterans of Vietnam Era, generally. Sections 27-140a to 27-140m, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1967, P.A. 422, S. 1–13; 1969, P.A. 352, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 179, S. 20; 1972, P.A. 225, S. 5; P.A. 73-525; P.A. 75-483, S. 7–10;…

Sec. 27-140aa. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) “Agent orange” means the herbicide composed of 2,4,5-trichlorphenoxyacetic acid and 2,4-dichlorphenoxyacetic acid; (2) “Commission” means the Vietnam Herbicides Information Commission established under this part; (3) “Commissi…

Sec. 27-140bb. Commission: Establishment; membership; termination. (a) There is established a Vietnam Herbicides Information Commission which shall obtain information relating to the health effects of exposure to Vietnam herbicides for veterans of this state who may have been exp…

Sec. 27-140cc. Duties of commission. Reports. (a) The commission shall advise the Department of Veterans Affairs on (1) medical, administrative and social assistance needed for veterans who were exposed to Vietnam herbicides, (2) recommendations for legislation, and (3) informati…

Sec. 27-140dd. Duties of department. The department, in conjunction and consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs, and within available appropriations, may: (1) Establish, promote and maintain a public information program on Vietnam herbicides which shall include, but …

Sec. 27-140ee. Report concerning veteran who may have been exposed to Vietnam herbicides. Disclosure of information. (a) A physician or an advanced practice registered nurse who has primary responsibility for treating a veteran who believes he may have been exposed to Vietnam her…

Secs. 27-140ff to 27-140hh. Definitions. Commission established; membership; vacancies. Duties of commission; reports. Sections 27-140ff to 27-140hh, inclusive, are repealed, effective June 1, 2004. (P.A. 97-144, S. 1–3, 5; P.A. 04-169, S. 21.) PART VI DEPLETED URANIUM EXPOSURE…

Sec. 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. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Eligible member” mea…

Sec. 27-140n. Payment of World War II and Korean veterans' bonuses. Section 27-140n is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1971, P.A. 591, S. 1, 2; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.) PART IIIb BONUS FOR VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I

Secs. 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 under public assistance programs. Pay…

Sec. 27-140z. Reserved for future use. PART IV* VIETNAM HERBICIDES INFORMATION COMMISSION *See Sec. 52-577b re limitation of actions for damages caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides in Indo-China.

Sec. 27-141. Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “State military forces” means the National Guard of the state, as defined in Section 101(3) of Title 32, United States Code, the organized naval militia of the state, and any other military forc…

Sec. 27-142. Applicability of chapter. This code applies to all members of the state military forces who are not in federal service. (1967, P.A. 717, S. 2.)

Sec. 27-143. Dismissal of commissioned officer. (a) If any commissioned officer, dismissed by order of the Governor, makes a written application for trial by court-martial, setting forth, under oath, that he has been wrongfully dismissed, the Governor, as soon as practicable, sha…

Sec. 27-144. Applicability of code in and out of state. (a) This code applies throughout the state. It also applies to all persons otherwise subject to this code while they are serving outside the state, and while they are going to and returning from such service outside the stat…

Sec. 27-145. Judge advocates and legal officers. (a) The Governor, on the recommendation of the Adjutant General, shall appoint an officer of the state military forces as State Judge Advocate. To be eligible for appointment, an officer must be a member of the bar of the highest c…

Sec. 27-146. Apprehension of offenders. Quelling of disturbances. (a) As used in this section, “apprehend” means take into custody. (b) Any person authorized by this code, or by regulation issued under it, to apprehend persons subject to this code, any marshal of a court-martial …

Sec. 27-147. Apprehension of deserters by civil officers. Any civil officer having authority to apprehend offenders under the laws of the United States or of a state, territory, commonwealth, or possession, or the District of Columbia may summarily apprehend a deserter from the s…

Sec. 27-148. Arrest or confinement of enlisted personnel and officers. (a) As used in this section, “arrest” means the restraint of a person by an order, not imposed as a punishment for an offense, directing him to remain within certain specified limits, and “confinement” means t…