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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SHREWSBURY TO GRANT ABATEMENT OF REAL ESTATE TAXES FOR THE DAUGHTER OF FALLEN FIREFIGHTER CHRISTOPHER ROY

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. Notwithstanding section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the board of assessors of the town of Shrewsbury shall grant abatement of the real estate taxes assessed for tax years 2024 through 2036, inclusive, upon real property that is: (i) the domicile of Ava Roy, the surviving daughter of Christopher Roy, a firefighter killed in the line of duty; and (ii) owned by and occupied as the domicile of the guardian, trustee, conservator, adoptive parent or other fiduciary for Ava Roy.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved, August 24, 2023.