HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4187        FILED ON: 4/12/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3989

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf and Michael O. Moore

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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 to give the town of Leicester authority to grant full annual property tax exemptions to the surviving spouse of Rutland Police Detective and Leicester resident John D. Songy.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

4/12/2021

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

4/12/2021

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

7/26/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4187        FILED ON: 4/12/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3989

By Representative LeBoeuf of Worcester and Senator Moore, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3989) of David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf and Michael O. Moore (by vote of the town) that the town of Leicester be authorized to grant full annual property tax exemptions to the surviving spouse of Rutland police detective and Leicester resident John D. Songy.  Revenue.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

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 to give the town of Leicester authority to grant full annual property tax exemptions to the surviving spouse of Rutland Police Detective and Leicester resident John D. Songy.

 

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.Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, the assessors of the town of Leicester may exempt from taxation under chapter 59 of the General Laws the real estate owned by and occupied as the domicile of the surviving spouse, until remarried,  of John. D. Songy, a former detective for the Rutland police department and resident of the town of Leicester, who died on May 29, 2020 after contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.

SECTION 2.This act shall take effect upon its passage.