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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 359 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3487 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Natalie M. Blais |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to support veteran owned businesses. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Natalie M. Blais1st Franklin1/11/2023Adam Scanlon14th Bristol1/17/2023Bud L. Williams11th Hampden1/25/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex3/5/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 359 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3487 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Blais of Deerfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3487) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Natalie M. Blais and others relative to the fee for filing certificates of organization for veteran |
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| 20 | 20 | | owned businesses. Veterans and Federal Affairs. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act to support veteran owned businesses. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 12 of chapter 156C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (d) the following subsection:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 (e) If one or more of the authorized persons is a United States Veteran, as defined in |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4clause Forty-third of section 7 of chapter 4 and upon presentation of evidence deemed |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5satisfactory by the secretary of state, the fee for filing of the certificate of organization required |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6by subsection (a) and the fee for the filing of the annual report required by subsection (c) shall be |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7waived. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 SECTION 2. The provisions of this act shall be effective commencing on January 1, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 92025. |
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