Bill Text: MA H3402 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Exempt veterans from the payment of hunting and fishing license fees
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-20 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday, June 9, 2010 [H3402 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3402-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Thomas M. Stanley
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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 for veterans hunting and fishing licenses.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Benjamin Swan |
11th Hampden |
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Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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William G. Greene, Jr. |
22nd Middlesex |
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Martin J. Walsh |
13th Suffolk |
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Robert L. Hedlund |
Plymouth and Norfolk |
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Michael F. Rush |
10th Suffolk |
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David B. Sullivan |
6th Bristol |
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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
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William G. Greene, Jr. |
22nd Middlesex |
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Colleen M. Garry |
36th Middlesex |
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Susan C. Tucker |
Second Essex and Middlesex |
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Kevin J. Murphy |
18th Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act for veterans hunting and fishing licenses.
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it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 11 of chapter 131 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the fifth paragraph the following paragraph:-
Notwithstanding� the foregoing, no fee shall be charged for any license issued hereunder to a veteran, as� defined in clause forty-three of section 7 of chapter 4 and whose last discharge or release from the armed forces of the United States was under honorable conditions and who is a resident of the commonwealth.� The commonwealth shall bear the cost of such waivers, not the department.
