"AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDRAISING BY VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS. "

Strike section 2 in its entirety and substitute the following in lieu thereof:

"Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) No person, firm or corporation that holds itself out as a representative of a veterans' charitable organization shall, with intent to defraud, solicit a contribution for such veterans' charitable organization that inures or is intended to inure to the benefit of any person, firm or corporation other than such veterans' charitable organization. For the purposes of this section, "veterans' charitable organization" means any person, firm or corporation that is or purports to be established for any benevolent, educational, philanthropic, humane, scientific, patriotic, social welfare or advocacy purpose relating to or on behalf of veterans, and "veteran" has the same meaning as provided in subsection (a) of section 27-103 of the general statutes.

(b) Any person, firm or corporation that violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor. "