Bill Text: MA H3403 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title:
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-20 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday, June 9, 2010 [H3403 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3403-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 relative to veteran's annuity benefits for surviving spouses.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Thomas M. Stanley |
9th Middlesex |
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Allen J. McCarthy |
7th Plymouth |
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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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Thomas M. McGee |
Third Essex and Middlesex |
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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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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
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William G. Greene, Jr. |
22nd Middlesex |
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Colleen M. Garry |
36th Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to veteran's annuity benefits for surviving
spouses.
��������������� 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 6B of Chapter 115, as so appearing in the Massachusetts General Laws 2004, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following paragraph:-�
��������������� The surviving spouse of a veteran, who is currently not married, who is in receipt of Dependency Indemnity Compensation from the Veterans Administration, and whose veteran-spouse served in active service of the armed forces of the United States, shall be paid the sum of $2,000 annually in two equal payments on August 1 and February 1.� Such payments shall be due and payable from the date of said spouses� application.�
