Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H3115 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3946 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3115
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Kenneth I. Gordon
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 tax abatement for permanently disabled veterans.
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14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kenneth I. Gordon21st Middlesex1/17/2025 1 of 2
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3946 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3115
18	18	By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3115) of
19	19	Kenneth I. Gordon relative to tax abatement for permanently disabled veterans. Revenue.
20	20	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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22	22	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
23	23	(2025-2026)
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25	25	An Act relative to tax abatement for permanently disabled veterans.
26	26	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
27	27	of the same, as follows:
28	28	1 SECTION 1. Clause twenty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as
29	29	2appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph
30	30	3and inserting in the place thereof the following paragraph:-
31	31	4 (a) Soldiers and sailors who, as a result of disabilities contracted while in the line of duty,
32	32	5have a disability rating of ten per cent or more as determined by the Veterans Administration or
33	33	6by any branch of the armed forces. After the assessors have allowed an exemption under this
34	34	7clause, veterans who according to the records of the Veterans Administration by reason of such
35	35	8service in the armed forces of the United States have suffered in the line of duty permanent
36	36	9disability will not be required in any subsequent year to reapply or present further evidence of
37	37	10the existence of the facts in the city or town in which the exemption has been allowed. Further
38	38	11evidence of the existence of the facts will be required in subsequent years for veterans whose
39	39	12disabilities the Veterans Administration has not deemed permanent; provided, however, that the
40	40	13assessors may refuse to allow an exemption in any subsequent year if they become aware that the 2 of 2
41	41	14soldier or sailor did not satisfy all of the requisites of this clause at the time the exemption was
42	42	15first granted.
43	43	16 SECTION 2. Clause twenty-second E of Section 5 of said chapter 59, as so appearing, is
44	44	17hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph and inserting in the place thereof the
45	45	18following paragraph:-
46	46	19 “After the assessors have allowed an exemption under this clause, veterans who
47	47	20according to the records of the Veterans Administration by reason of such service in the armed
48	48	21forces of the United States have suffered in the line of duty permanent disability will not be
49	49	22required in any subsequent year to reapply or present further evidence of the existence of the
50	50	23facts in the city or town in which the exemption has been allowed; provided, however, that the
51	51	24assessors may refuse to allow an exemption in any subsequent year if they become aware that the
52	52	25soldier or sailor did not satisfy all of the requisites of this clause at the time the exemption was
53	53	26first granted. Further evidence of the existence of the facts will be required in subsequent years
54	54	27for veterans whose disabilities the Veterans Administration has not deemed permanent.”