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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2393 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3513 |
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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 | | Meghan Kilcoyne |
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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 streamline veterans benefits. |
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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:Meghan Kilcoyne12th Worcester1/18/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2393 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3513 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Kilcoyne of Clinton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3513) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Meghan Kilcoyne relative to veterans' benefits. Veterans and Federal Affairs. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act to streamline veterans benefits. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 Section 1. Section 5 of Chapter 115 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following: Veterans’ benefits shall be paid to |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3a veteran or dependents by the Commonwealth; provided, that no benefits shall be paid to a |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4veteran unless he has actually resided in the Commonwealth for 1 day preceding the date of his |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5application for such benefits, nor shall any benefits be paid to any dependent of a veteran unless |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6he has actually resided in the Commonwealth continuously for three years next preceding the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7date of his application for such benefits, nor unless the veteran of whom he is a dependent has |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8actually resided within the commonwealth continuously for three years next preceding the date |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9of such dependent’s application for such benefits. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10 Section 2. Section 6 of Chapter 115 of the General Laws is hereby stricken in its entirety |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11and replaced by inserting its place the following: The application for veterans benefits is a |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12function of the Veterans Service Officer in the city or town or district where the veteran or his |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13dependent resides. The Veterans Service Officer is required to certify to the Commonwealth for 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14direct payment to the veteran or dependent receiving the benefit the following information: the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15names of recipients thereof, the amounts to be paid to or for each applicant, the reasons for |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16granting him such benefits, dates of residence in the Commonwealth, the names of the veterans |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17on account of whose services the benefits were granted, the names, if any, of the companies, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18regiments, stations, organizations or vessels in which they respectively served, or to which they |
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| 46 | 46 | | 19were appointed, and in which they last served, and the relationship of each dependent to the |
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| 47 | 47 | | 20veteran on the account. |
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