Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H3009 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	1 of 1
2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3697 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3009
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	James Arciero
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act relative to increasing disability ratings for veterans.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:James Arciero2nd Middlesex1/17/2025George A. Sanders, Sr.1/17/2025Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex1/25/2025John R. Gaskey2nd Plymouth1/17/2025Vanna Howard17th Middlesex1/21/2025Bud L. Williams11th Hampden1/22/2025 1 of 3
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3697 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3009
18	18	By Representative Arciero of Westford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3009) of
19	19	James Arciero and others relative to increasing property tax exemptions for disabled veterans.
20	20	Revenue.
21	21	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
22	22	SEE HOUSE, NO. 2692 OF 2023-2024.]
23	23	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
24	24	_______________
25	25	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
26	26	(2025-2026)
27	27	_______________
28	28	An Act relative to increasing disability ratings for veterans.
29	29	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
30	30	of the same, as follows:
31	31	1 SECTION 1. Clause Twenty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as
32	32	2appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first 2 paragraphs
33	33	3and inserting in place thereof the following 2 paragraphs:-
34	34	4 Twenty-second, Real estate of the following classes of persons who are legal residents of
35	35	5the commonwealth and who are veterans, as defined in clause Forty-third of section 7 of chapter
36	36	64, and whose last discharge or release from the armed forces was under other than dishonorable
37	37	7conditions and who were domiciled in Massachusetts for at least 6 months prior to entering such
38	38	8service, or who have resided in the commonwealth for 5 consecutive years next prior to date of
39	39	9filing for exemptions under this clause, hereinafter referred to in this clause as soldiers and
40	40	10sailors, provided such real estate is occupied in whole or in part as his domicile by such person, 2 of 3
41	41	11and provided, further that if the spouse of the soldier or sailor is also a soldier or sailor each shall
42	42	12receive the amount of exemption provided in this clause to the same extent as if unmarried, to the
43	43	13amount of $2000 of assessed taxable valuation or the sum of $400, or the amount of money
44	44	14which corresponds with the percentage of the soldier or sailor’s disability as provided in
45	45	15paragraph (a), whichever would result in an abatement of the greater amount of actual taxes due.
46	46	16No real estate shall be so exempt which the assessors shall adjudge has been conveyed to a
47	47	17soldier or sailor or to the spouse, surviving spouse, father or mother of a soldier or sailor to evade
48	48	18taxation.
49	49	19 (a) Soldiers and sailors who, as a result of disabilities contracted while in the line of duty,
50	50	20have a disability rating of 10 per cent or more as determined by the Veterans Administration or
51	51	21by any branch of the armed forces. The department of revenue shall establish an incremental
52	52	22exemption scale, which shall provide no less than $400 for a disability rating of 10 per cent and
53	53	23no more than $1,000 for a disability rating of 100 per cent, with increments of disability
54	54	24increasing by no greater than 10 per cent for each corresponding exemption amount. After the
55	55	25assessors have allowed an exemption under this clause, no further evidence of the existence of
56	56	26the facts required by this clause shall be required in any subsequent year in the city or town in
57	57	27which the exemption has been allowed, unless the disability rating determined by the Veterans
58	58	28Administration or any branch of the armed forces is reduced to less than 10 per cent; provided,
59	59	29however, that the assessors may refuse to allow an exemption in any subsequent year if they
60	60	30become aware that the soldier or sailor did not satisfy all of the requisites of this clause at the
61	61	31time the exemption was first granted.
62	62	32 SECTION 2. The department of revenue, in collaboration with the commissioner of
63	63	33veterans’ affairs shall issue the incremental exemption scale required by paragraph (a) of clause 3 of 3
64	64	34Twenty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 and any rules or regulations necessary to implement
65	65	35such scale on or before January 1, 2027.