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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 598 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3824 |
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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 | | Shirley B. Arriaga |
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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 reform veterans’ services at the municipal level. |
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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:Shirley B. Arriaga8th Hampden1/10/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 598 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3824 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Arriaga of Chicopee, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3824) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Shirley B. Arriaga for legislation to provide for the appointment of full-time veterans' agents or |
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| 20 | 20 | | directors of veterans’ services in certain cities and towns. Veterans and Federal Affairs. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3709 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act to reform veterans’ services at the municipal level. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Section 10 of chapter 115 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Any city or town having a population over 12,000 and having a part-time veterans’ agent |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4or part-time director of veterans’ services shall, at the start of the fiscal year, appoint a full time |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5veteran’s agent or director of veterans’ services. If any city or town, having a population over |
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| 36 | 36 | | 612,000, fails to appoint a full time veteran’s agent or director of veterans’ services, the secretary |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7shall issue a civil penalty, not to exceed $5,000, for each month of noncompliance. Each month |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8of noncompliance by the city or town shall be deemed a separate offense and such penalty shall |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9be in addition to any other penalties provided by law. |
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