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By Mr. Verga of Gloucester, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3729) of Anthony J. Verga and others relative to veteran's annuity benefits for surviving spouses. Veterans and Federal Affairs |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
Stephen M. Brewer
Kathi-Anne Reinstein
Scott P. Brown
Harold P. Naughton, Jr.
Thomas M. Stanley
David M. Torrisi
Jeffrey Davis Perry
Denis E. Guyer
Peter V. Kocot
Michael R. Knapik
F. Jay Barrows
Barbara A. L'Italien
Richard T. Moore
James H. Fagan
Pamela P. Resor
William Smitty Pignatelli
William G. Greene, Jr.
Paul Kujawski
Sean Curran
Thomas M. McGee
Sarah K. Peake
Charles A. Murphy
Todd M. Smola
Louis L. Kafka
Thomas J. Calter
Joseph R. Driscoll
Christine E. Canavan
Marian Walsh
Bruce J. Ayers
Stephen L. DiNatale
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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.
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An Act relative to veteran's annuity benefits for surviving spouses. |
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, as so appearing in the Massachusetts General Laws 2004, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following paragraph:-
The surviving spouse of a veteran, who is currently not married, who is in receipt of Dependency Indemnity Compensation from the Veterans Administration, and whose veteran-spouse served in active service of the armed forces of the United States, shall be paid the sum of $2,000 annually in two equal payments on August 1 and February 1. Such payments shall be due and payable from the date of said spouses’ application.