The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs shall cause to be erected at the grave of any person who has served as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller, Attorney General or member of the General Assembly of this state and who died or dies subsequent to January 1, 1971, a footstone, marked with the seal of the state, the name of the deceased, the date of his death and the office or offices in which he served and the dates such service was rendered. The commissioner shall also provide for such grave a flag holder and a Connecticut state flag. At the request of the next of kin of any such Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller or Attorney General, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall provide an honor guard of six state policemen to attend the funeral and burial of such officer. At the request of the next of kin of any such member of the General Assembly, the executive director of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management shall direct the chief of police of the Office of State Capitol Police to provide an honor guard of State Capitol police officers to attend the funeral and burial of such member.

(1971, P.A. 626, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 88-285, S. 28, 35; P.A. 91-173, S. 3; P.A. 09-90, S. 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 16-167, S. 9.)

History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 88-285 replaced veterans' home and hospital commission with commissioner of veterans' affairs; P.A. 91-173 included the attorney general in the list of officers; P.A. 09-90 provided state police honor guard for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller and Attorney General, and State Capitol police honor guard for members of General Assembly, effective June 2, 2009; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 16-167 replaced “Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs” with “Commissioner of Veterans Affairs”, effective July 1, 2016.