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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 884 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2758 |
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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 | | Josh S. Cutler |
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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 expanding the senior property tax exemption. |
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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:Josh S. Cutler6th Plymouth1/17/2023Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/23/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester1/25/2023Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol2/2/2023James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex2/7/2023Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/20/2023Aaron L. Saunders7th Hampden2/23/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/27/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 884 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2758 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Cutler of Pembroke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2758) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Josh S. Cutler and others relative to expanding the senior property tax exemption. Revenue. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act expanding the senior property tax exemption. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 59, Section 5, subsection 41C is hereby amended by striking out |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2the words: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 “A city, by vote of its council and approval of its mayor, or a town, by vote of town |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4meeting, may adjust the following factors contained in these provisions by: 1) reducing the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5requisite age of eligibility to any person age 65 years or older; 2) increasing either or both of the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6amounts contained in the first sentence of this clause, by not more than 100 per cent;” and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7replacing with the following new text: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8 “A city, by vote of its council and approval of its mayor, or a town, by vote of town |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9meeting, may adjust the following factors contained in these provisions by: 1) reducing the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10requisite age of eligibility to any person age 65 years or older; 2) increasing either or both of the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11amounts contained in the first sentence of this clause, by not more than 100 per cent, or |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12increasing the $500 exemption in the first sentence up to $2,000;” |
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