SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1591        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1882

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

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 granting property tax exemptions to disabled veterans.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

 

Paul W. Mark

Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire

2/8/2023

Jacob R. Oliveira

Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester

2/8/2023

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

2/15/2023

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

2/22/2023

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

2/22/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/22/2023

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester and Hampshire

2/22/2023

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

3/16/2023

Paul A. Schmid III

8th Bristol

3/16/2023

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

3/29/2023

Ryan C. Fattman

Worcester and Hampden

3/29/2023

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

3/29/2023

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

3/29/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

3/29/2023

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

3/29/2023

Adam Scanlon

14th Bristol

3/29/2023

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

3/30/2023

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

3/30/2023

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

3/30/2023

Patricia A. Duffy

5th Hampden

3/30/2023

Patrick M. O'Connor

First Plymouth and Norfolk

4/12/2023

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol

4/12/2023

Norman J. Orrall

12th Bristol

4/12/2023

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

5/1/2023

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

5/8/2023

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

5/11/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

6/14/2023

Steven George Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

6/15/2023

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

6/28/2023

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

8/17/2023

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

9/22/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

10/5/2023

Barry R. Finegold

Second Essex and Middlesex

10/10/2023


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1591        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1882

By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1882) of Michael O. Moore, Paul W. Mark, Jacob R. Oliveira, John F. Keenan and other members of the Senate for legislation to grant property tax exemptions to disabled veterans.  Revenue.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1934 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act granting property tax exemptions to disabled veterans.

 

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 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after clause twenty-second H, in line 960, the following clause:-

Twenty-second I. Real estate of soldiers and sailors who are veterans, as defined in clause Forty-third of section 7 of chapter 4, 65 years of age or older, and their spouses, who according to the records of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or of any branch of the armed forces of the United States by reason of injury received while in service and in the line of duty are partially or have a disability rating of 100 per cent; to the amount of the percentage equal to the percentage of the veteran’s permanent, service-connected disability as determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; provided, however, that the veteran or spouse shall be a legal resident of the commonwealth, the veteran's last discharge or release from the armed forces was under other than dishonorable conditions and the veteran was domiciled in the commonwealth for at least 6 months prior to entering service or resided in the commonwealth for 2 consecutive years prior to the date of filing for exemption pursuant to this clause; provided, further, that the real estate is occupied as the veteran's domicile; provided, further, that if the property is greater than a single-family house, then only that value of so much of the house as is occupied by the person as the person's domicile shall be exempted; and provided, further, that an exemption pursuant to this clause shall continue unchanged for the benefit of the surviving spouse after the death of the disabled veteran as long as the surviving spouse of the qualified veteran shall remain an owner and occupant of a domicile subject to the exemption.

The amount of the exemption shall be borne by the commonwealth, and the state treasurer shall annually reimburse the city or town for the amount of the tax which otherwise would have been collected for this exemption.