Connecticut § 27-70 - Reimbursement for damages caused by armed forces personnel.
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§ 27-70. Reimbursement for damages caused by armed forces personnel.
Sec. 27-70. Reimbursement for damages caused by armed forces personnel. The Comptroller is authorized, upon the approval of the Attorney General, to draw his order upon the Treasurer to reimburse, in such sum or sums as are deemed advisable, any person, partnership, fiduciary or corporation for damages to person or property caused by the act of an officer or enlisted person of the armed forces of the state in line of duty, or to pay to the dependents of such person, if the person is killed, such sum or sums as are deemed advisable; provided a board of inquiry appointed by the Adjutant General shall have determined that such damage was caused by the act of an officer or enlisted person of the armed forces of the state while in line of duty and shall have established the extent of such damage.
(1949 Rev., S. 1276; 1957, P.A. 365, S. 37; P.A. 74-321, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 74-321 substituted “person” for “man” where appearing.
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