HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 146        FILED ON: 1/13/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2983

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

David Paul Linsky

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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 extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/13/2021

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/26/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 146        FILED ON: 1/13/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2983

By Mr. Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2983) of David Paul Linsky and James K. Hawkins for legislation to extend the property tax exemption to surviving spouses of blind persons.  Revenue.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2542 OF 2019-2020.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons.

 

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 5 of chapter 59 of the General laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “person”, in line 957, the following words:— “or the blind person’s surviving spouse until the surviving spouse remarries”.