HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 298 FILED ON: 1/13/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 964
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Harold P. Naughton, Jr.
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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 burial benfits of veterans..
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Harold P. Naughton, Jr. | 12th Worcester | 1/13/2011 |
Susan Williams Gifford | 2nd Plymouth | 2/3/2011 |
Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex | 2/3/2011 |
David T. Vieira | 3rd Barnstable | 2/4/2011 |
Nick Collins | 4th Suffolk | 2/4/2011 |
Angelo M. Scaccia | 14th Suffolk | 2/4/2011 |
Robert F. Fennell | 10th Essex | 2/4/2011 |
Daniel B. Winslow | 9th Norfolk | 2/4/2011 |
Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex | 2/3/2011 |
Stephen L. DiNatale | 3rd Worcester | 2/3/2011 |
William C. Galvin | 6th Norfolk | 2/3/2011 |
Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden | 2/3/2011 |
Richard T. Moore |
| 2/3/2011 |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex | 2/3/2011 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 298 FILED ON: 1/13/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 964
By Mr. Naughton of Clinton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 964) of Harold P. Naughton, Jr. and others relative to burial benefits of veterans. Veterans and Federal Affairs. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3385 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 burial benfits of veterans..
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 8 of Chapter 115 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official edition, is hereby amended by striking out lines 1 through 14 and inserting in place thereof the following:-
“Amounts expended by the burial agent under the provisions of section 7 shall not exceed $5,000 for the funeral and burial of a person under this chapter, provided that the cost of funeral and burial does not exceed $6,000 and there are insufficient resources in the estate of such person to pay for the cost of such funeral and burial.
Amounts expended by the burial agent under the provisions of section 7 shall not exceed $3,000 for the cremation, funeral and burial of a person under this chapter, provided that the cost of the cremation, funeral and burial does not exceed $4,000 and there are insufficient resources in the estate of such person to pay for the cost of such cremation, funeral and burial.”