HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3763        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3206

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Denise C. Garlick and Michael F. Rush

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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 providing veterans survivor benefits.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/18/2019

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

1/18/2019

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

1/31/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

1/24/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

2/1/2019

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/31/2019

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/24/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

1/31/2019

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/31/2019

Ryan C. Fattman

Worcester and Norfolk

2/1/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/27/2019

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

1/30/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/24/2019

Richard M. Haggerty

30th Middlesex

1/31/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/1/2019

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/31/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

1/31/2019

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

1/31/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/31/2019

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/31/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/1/2019

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/31/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/24/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

2/1/2019

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

1/31/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/31/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/25/2019

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

1/31/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3763        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3206

By Representative Garlick of Needham and Senator Rush, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3206) of Denise C. Garlick, Michael F. Rush and others relative to providing veterans' survivor benefits.  Veterans and Federal Affairs.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to providing veterans 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 1. Section 6B of chapter 115 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 19 and 28, the number “$2,000” and is hereby further amended by inserting after the words “the sum of”, in lines 19 and 28, the number “$3,000”.

SECTION 2. Section 6B of chapter 115, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the third paragraph, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

The parents, surviving spouse, provided that surviving spouse does not remarry, of a deceased member of the armed forces of the United States, whose death occurred as a result of injury sustained or disease contracted during active service in time of war or insurrection or combat, or surviving spouse, provided that surviving spouse does not remarry, of a deceased member of the armed forces of the United States and who is entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs shall be paid the sum of $3,000 annually in two equal payments on August 1 and February 1. Such payments shall be due and payable from the date of said parents' and surviving spouses application.