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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 322 FILED ON: 1/11/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3534 |
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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 | | Adam Scanlon |
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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 providing for prisoners of war. |
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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:Adam Scanlon14th Bristol1/11/2023Adam GomezHampden1/18/2023Bud L. Williams11th Hampden1/20/2023Michael J. Soter8th Worcester1/30/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 322 FILED ON: 1/11/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3534 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Scanlon of North Attleborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 3534) of Adam Scanlon and others relative to providing for a prisoner of war income tax |
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| 20 | 20 | | exemption. 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 providing for prisoners of war. |
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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. Paragraph 2 of subsection (a) of section 2 of chapter 62 of the General |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3subparagraph:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 (R) income received by a prisoner of war, defined as a person having been regularly |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5appointed, enrolled, enlisted or inducted into the military forces of the United States and having |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6been captured, separated and incarcerated by an enemy of the United States during an armed |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7conflict; and provided further, that the exemption pursuant to this paragraph shall be allowed for |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8the lifetime of the prisoner of war. |
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