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”.