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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1634 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3162
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
David Paul Linsky
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David Paul Linsky5th Middlesex1/15/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1634 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3162
By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3162) of David
Paul Linsky for legislation to extend the property tax exemption to surviving spouses of blind
persons. Revenue.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2867 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Section 5 of chapter 59 of the General laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is
2hereby amended by inserting after the word “person”, in line 957, the following words: — “or the
3blind person’s surviving spouse until the surviving spouse remarries”