HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 169        FILED ON: 1/11/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 733

 

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 adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to increasing veterans benefits.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/11/2011

Robert L. Hedlund

 

2/3/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 169        FILED ON: 1/11/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 733

By Mr. Stanley of Waltham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 733) of Thomas M. Stanley and Robert L. Hedlund for legislation to increase to seven hundred dollars the benefit provided to veterans upon retirement from public service.  Public Service.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2611 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act relative to increasing veterans benefits.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the stipend provided to certified veterans at the time of retirement, provided they are fully vested in the retirement system shall be increased from three hundred dollars to seven hundred and fifty dollars.