By Mr. Bradley of Hingham, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2846) of Garrett J. Bradley relative to real property tax exemptions for certain recipients of the Purple Heart.  Revenue.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Garrett J. Bradley

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to real property tax exemptions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Chapter 59 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 5J the following section:-

Section 5K. Notwithstanding section 5, any person who is entitled to an exemption under clause twenty second of said section 5 for having been awarded the purple heart and who also is entitled to an exemption under clause thirty-seven A of said section 5 as a result of being blind shall be entitled to receive both exemptions.