General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 227
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 980
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR DISCOUNTED FISHING LICENSES FOR CERTAIN VETERANS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 26-28 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2018):

(d) (1) The fee charged for (A) any firearms hunting, archery hunting, trapping or sport fishing license that is issued to any Connecticut resident who is sixteen or seventeen years of age, or (B) any sport fishing license that is issued to any Connecticut resident who is a veteran, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103, with a service-connected disability rating by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs amounting to ten per cent or more of total disability, shall be equal to fifty per cent of the fee provided for such license in subsection (a) of this section, rounded to the next highest dollar.

(2) The fee charged pursuant to section 26-27b, 26-48a, 26-86a or 26-86c for (A) any firearms hunting, archery hunting, trapping or sport fishing permit, tag or stamp that is issued to any Connecticut resident who is less than eighteen years of age, or (B) any sport fishing permit, tag or stamp that is issued to any Connecticut resident who is a veteran, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103, with a service-connected disability rating by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs amounting to ten per cent or more of total disability, shall be equal to fifty per cent of the fee provided for such permit, tag or stamp in said sections, rounded to the next highest dollar.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2018	26-28(d)

VA

Joint Favorable