HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1799        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1535

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Alice Hanlon Peisch

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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 the Homestead Act.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

1/15/2015


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1799        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1535

By Ms. Peisch of Wellesley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1535) of Alice Hanlon Peisch relative to tort liability prior to the acquisition of estates of homestead.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1556 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to the Homestead Act.

 

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 3 of Chapter 188 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 official edition, is hereby amended by replacing the period at the end of subsection (6) with a semicolon and inserting after subsection (6) the following subsection:   

(7) for a tort liability, for which the cause of action occurred prior to the acquisition of said estate of homestead.