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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 901 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2777 |
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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 | | William J. Driscoll, Jr. |
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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 excluding the Segal AmeriCorps Educational Award from taxable income. |
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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:William J. Driscoll, Jr.7th Norfolk1/17/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 901 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2777 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Driscoll of Milton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2777) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | William J. Driscoll, Jr. relative to excluding the Segal AmeriCorps Educational Award from |
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| 20 | 20 | | taxable income. Revenue. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act excluding the Segal AmeriCorps Educational Award from taxable income. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 3 of Chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended in paragraph (a) of Subsection B by adding the following |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3subparagraph (20): The AmeriCorps Segal Education Award, as stipulated in subtitle D of title I |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4of the National and Community Service Act of 1990. The AmeriCorps Segal Education Award is |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5available to individuals who complete a term of service in the AmeriCorps program. The |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6education award can be used to pay education costs at eligible institutions of higher learning |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7including technical schools, for educational training, or to repay qualified student loans, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8determined eligible by the federal government. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 SECTION 2. This law shall become effective 180 days after its passage. |
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