Bill Text: MA H3403 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title:
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
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.
