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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3204 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3878 |
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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 | | David Allen Robertson |
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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 relative to veteran disability benefits. |
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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:David Allen Robertson19th Middlesex1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3204 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3878 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3878) |
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| 19 | 19 | | of David Allen Robertson relative to veteran disability benefits. Veterans and Federal Affairs. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3926 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to veteran disability benefits. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 6B of chapter 115 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 19, 28 and 35, the figure “$2,000”, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3each time it appears, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4$5,000. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5 SECTION 2. Said section 6B of said chapter 115, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6amended by inserting after the third paragraph the following paragraph:- |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7 A veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, symptoms of Persian Gulf |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8illness, or injuries connected to tainted, poisoned or adulterated water at Camp Lejeune and such |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9disorder, illness, or injuries have been certified by the Veterans’ Administration as service- |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10connected and who is determined to be 80 per cent disabled by the Veterans’ Administration 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11shall be paid the sum of $5,000 annually in 2 equal payments on August 1 and February 1. Such |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12payments shall be due and payable from the date of the application. |
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