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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF LEICESTER TO EXEMPT FROM TAXATION CERTAIN REAL ESTATE OWNED AND OCCUPIED BY THE SURVIVING SPOUSE OF RUTLAND POLICE DETECTIVE AND TOWN OF 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 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.

Approved, September 26, 2022.