By Mr. Verga of Gloucester, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3730) of Anthony J. Verga and others relative to veterans burial benefits.  Veterans and Federal Affairs

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

 


Anthony J. Verga

Stephen M. Brewer

Kathi-Anne Reinstein

Edward M. Augustus, Jr.

Scott P. Brown

Sean Curran

Thomas M. McGee

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

Paul J. Donato

Barbara A. L'Italien

Gale D. Candaras

Steven A. Baddour

Theodore C. Speliotis

Richard T. Moore

James H. Fagan

John V. Fernandes

John P. Fresolo

William Smitty Pignatelli

William G. Greene, Jr.

Paul Kujawski

Stephen L. DiNatale

Sarah K. Peake

William Lantigua

Charles A. Murphy

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.

James R. Miceli

Susan C. Tucker

Todd M. Smola

Louis L. Kafka

Thomas P. Kennedy

Thomas J. Calter

Geraldo Alicea

Cleon H. Turner

Joseph R. Driscoll

Christine E. Canavan

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

Richard J. Ross

Stephen Stat Smith

Marian Walsh

James B. Eldridge

Bruce J. Ayers

Walter F. Timilty

Jennifer M. Callahan

Linda Dean Campbell

 

 


 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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 An Act relative to veterans burial benefits .

 

    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 8 of chapter 115 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the figure $2,000 in line 2 and inserting in place thereof the figure $3,000.

 

SECTION 2.  Said section 8 of said chapter 115, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the figure $3,000 in line 4 and inserting in place thereof the figure $4,000.