HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3051        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3654

 

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

2/18/2021

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

2/18/2021

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/25/2021

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

2/25/2021

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

2/25/2021

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/25/2021

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

2/25/2021

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

2/25/2021

Steven G. Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/25/2021

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

2/26/2021

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

2/26/2021

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

3/7/2021

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

3/5/2021

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

3/15/2021

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

4/9/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3051        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3654

By Representative Garlick of Needham and Senator Rush, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3654) of Denise C. Garlick, Michael F. Rush and others relative to providing veterans' survivor benefits.  Veterans and Federal Affairs.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3206 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 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.