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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3455 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2803
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Sean Garballey
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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 empower municipal appropriating authorities the ability to exempt annual debt and
interest charges from the Regional Vocational Technical School District from its levy limit.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Sean Garballey23rd Middlesex1/20/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3455 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2803
By Representative Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2803) of
Sean Garballey for legislation to empower municipal appropriating authorities the ability to
exempt annual debt and interest charges from regional vocational technical school districts from
its levy limit. Revenue.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act to empower municipal appropriating authorities the ability to exempt annual debt and
interest charges from the Regional Vocational Technical School District from its levy limit.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 59 Section 21C of the MA General Laws is hereby amended by adding after
2subsection (n) the following:
3 (o) The local appropriating authority may, by accepting this paragraph, provide that taxes
4may thereafter be assessed in excess of the amount otherwise allowed by this section, solely for
5payment, in whole or in part, of Regional Vocational school debt service charges that the school
6board responsible for determining the debt service charges certifies were not in fiscal year two
7thousand and twenty paid by local taxes.