AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE STIPENDS FOR THE CONNECTICUT CIVIL AIR PATROL.

Plain English Breakdown

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Study on Pay for Connecticut Civil Air Patrol Members

This law requires the state Comptroller to study if it is possible and how much it would cost to pay members of the Civil Air Patrol when they miss work for specific emergency duties or training.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Comptroller to study the feasibility and cost of a new payment program.
• Looks at paying stipends to Civil Air Patrol members who are absent from their jobs.
• Covers absences during emergencies declared by the Governor or President.
• Includes time spent responding to requests for help from federal agencies, state police, or local departments.
• Counts required emergency training programs and exercises as eligible times for payment.
• Mandates a report on the study results be sent to lawmakers by January 1, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

• Members of the Connecticut Civil Air Patrol who miss work for emergencies or training.
• The state Comptroller, who must conduct and finish the study.
• The joint standing committee on labor and public employees, which will receive the report.

Terms To Know

Stipends

Small amounts of money paid to cover costs or as a reward for service.

Feasibility

Whether something is possible to do and makes sense financially.

Comptroller

The state official in charge of managing money, taxes, and financial reports.

Limits and Unknowns

• This law only orders a study; it does not create the payment program yet.
• No specific dollar amounts for payments are set in this text.

Official Summary Text

To require the Comptroller to study the feasibility of establishing a program to provide stipends to members of the civil air patrol.

Current Bill Text

House Bill No. 5493

Special Act No. 26-31

AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO
PROVIDE STIPENDS FOR THE CONNECTICUT CIVIL AIR PATROL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. ( Effective from passage ) The Comptroller shall study the
feasibility and cost of establishing a program to provide stipends to
members of the civil air patrol, as defined in section 28-17a of the general
statutes, when such members are absent from work for the purpose of
(1) res ponding as a member of the civil air patrol to an emergency
declared by the Governor of this state or the President of the United
States, (2) responding as a member of the civil air patrol to a request for
assistance in an emergency, natural disaster or life-threatening event at
the request of the United States Air Force or Coast Guard, the
Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Division
of Emergency Management and Homeland Security within the
Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the state
police or a local police department in this state, or (3) participating as a
member of the civil air patrol in required emergency services training
programs and exercises. Not later than January 1, 2027, the Comptroller
shall submit a report on the results of such study, in accordance with the
provisions of section 11 -4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
relating to labor and public employees.
House Bill No. 5493

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