SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1187        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1816

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_________________

PRESENTED BY:

James B. Eldridge

_________________

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 the eligibility for veteran survivor benefits.

_______________

PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

James B. Eldridge

 


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1187        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1816

By Mr. Eldridge, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1816) of Eldridge for legislation relative to the eligibility for veteran survivor benefits [Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs].

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

_______________

In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

_______________

 

An Act relative to the eligibility for veteran survivor benefits.

 

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

                   Section 2 of Chapter 115 of the General Laws as so appearing is hereby amended by inserting after the word “government” in line 16, the following new words:-- provided, however,  that he shall establish no regulations, procedures or directives that will make any veteran or veteran survivor ineligible to receive benefits they would otherwise be eligible to receive solely because they failed to complete the application for said benefits within a designated period of time.