Bill Text: MA H2819 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: Extend the property tax exemption to surviving spouses of blind persons

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 6/10 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B2 [H2819 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2819-Introduced.html

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

David P. Linsky

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
                Court assembled:

                The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

David P. Linsky

5th Middlesex

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

Jennifer M. Callahan

18th Worcester

Robert L. Hedlund

Plymouth and Norfolk


 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3009 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons.



                Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 5 of chapter 59 of the General laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “person”, in line 820, the following words:— “or the blind person’s surviving spouse until the surviving spouse remarries”.

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