Massachusetts Military Family Relief Fund Act: Supporting Personnel & Families, Exercises of Law

Download Massachusetts Military Family Relief Fund Act: Supporting Personnel & Families and more Exercises Law in PDF only on Docsity! 1 of 1 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3105 FILED ON: 2/18/2021 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3655 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Denise C. Garlick _________________ 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 to support military personnel and families. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: DATE ADDED: Denise C. Garlick 13th Norfolk 2/18/2021 Steven G. Xiarhos 5th Barnstable 2/24/2021 Timothy R. Whelan 1st Barnstable 2/24/2021 Kip A. Diggs 2nd Barnstable 2/24/2021 Mathew J. Muratore 1st Plymouth 3/17/2021 1 of 4 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3105 FILED ON: 2/18/2021 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3655 By Ms. Garlick of Needham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3655) of Denise C. Garlick and others for legislation to establish the Massachusetts military family relief fund. Veterans and Federal Affairs. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court (2021-2022) _______________ An Act to support military personnel and families. 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 1. Section 35CC of Chapter 10 of the General Laws is amended by striking 2 said section and inserting in place thereof the following: - 3 SECTION 35CC. There shall be an expendable trust, to be known as the Massachusetts 4 Military Family Relief Fund, the purpose of which is to help members of the Massachusetts 5 National Guard and Massachusetts residents who are members of the reserves of the armed 6 forces of the United States and who were called to active duty after September 11, 2001, and 7 their families, to defray the costs of food, housing, utilities, medical services, and other expenses. 8 The fund shall consist of revenues received by the commonwealth under the provisions of 9 section 6K of chapter 62, from public and private sources as gifts, grants, and donations to 10 further the purposes of the fund. Revenues credited to the fund under this section shall remain in 11 the fund, not subject to appropriation, for application to those purposes. The state treasurer shall 12 not deposit the revenues in, or transfer the revenues to, the General Fund or any other fund other