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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2510 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2894
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Samantha Montaño
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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 providing for climate change adaptation infrastructure and affordable housing
investments in the Commonwealth.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk1/11/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/31/2023Steven Owens29th Middlesex1/31/2023David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester1/31/2023Simon Cataldo14th Middlesex2/2/2023Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and Worcester2/2/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/2/2023Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex2/7/2023Mike Connolly26th Middlesex2/7/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/13/2023Rob Consalvo14th Suffolk2/13/2023Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex2/13/2023James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex2/13/2023Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester3/14/2023Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex3/14/2023Michael J. Finn6th Hampden3/14/2023Gerard J. Cassidy9th Plymouth3/14/2023 2 of 2
Jason M. LewisFifth Middlesex3/14/2023John J. CroninWorcester and Middlesex3/14/2023Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk3/14/2023Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex3/14/2023 1 of 3
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2510 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2894
By Representative Montaño of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2894) of
Samantha Montaño and others for legislation to increase the deeds excise to fund emergency
assistance needs of certain low income tenants and homeowners. 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 providing for climate change adaptation infrastructure and affordable housing
investments in the Commonwealth.
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 1 of chapter 64D of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the words “two dollars” each time they
3appear and inserting in place thereof the following words:- two dollars and twenty eight cents,
4plus an additional and separate fee of one dollar and fourteen cents that shall be deposited into
5the Global Warming Solutions Trust Fund established by section 35GGG of chapter 10, plus an
6additional and separate fee of sixty-eight cents that shall be deposited into the Affordable
7Housing Trust Fund as established by section 2 of chapter 121D, plus an additional and separate
8fee of forty-six cents that shall be deposited into the Housing Preservation and Stabilization Trust
9Fund as established by section 60 of chapter 121B; provided, however, that all monies deposited
10in the Global Warming Solutions Trust in accordance with this section shall support the planning
11and implementation of policy recommendations required in each of the Commonwealth’s Clean
12Energy and Climate plans pursuant to Sections 5, or development and initiation of programs 2 of 3
13required in Section 6, of Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2021; provided, further, that priority shall be
14given to investments in environmental justice populations as defined in Section 62 of Chapter 30
15 SECTION 2. Said section 1 of said chapter 64D, as so appearing, is hereby further
16amended by striking out, in line 15, the words “one dollar and fifty cents” and inserting in place
17thereof the following words:- one dollar and seventy-one cents, plus an additional and separate
18fee of eighty-six cents that shall be deposited into the Global Warming Solutions Trust Fund
19established by said section 35GGG of said chapter 10, plus an additional and separate fee of
20fifty-one cents that shall be deposited into the Affordable Housing Trust Fund as established by
21section 2 of chapter 121D, plus an additional and separate fee of thirty-four cents that shall be
22deposited into the Housing Preservation and Stabilization Trust Fund as established by section
2360 of chapter 121B; provided, however, that all monies deposited in the Global Warming
24Solutions Trust in accordance with this section shall support the planning and implementation of
25policy recommendations required in each of the Commonwealth’s Clean Energy and Climate
26plans pursuant to Sections 5, and development and initiation of programs required in Section 6,
27of Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2021; provided further, that priority shall be given to investments in
28environmental justice populations as defined in Section 62 of Chapter 30.
29 SECTION 3. Said section 1 of said chapter 64D, as so appearing, is hereby further
30amended by striking out, in line 20, the words “in said Funds” and inserting in place thereof the
31following words:- received pursuant to this chapter, except for the monies collected and
32deposited in the Global Warming Solutions Trust Fund established by said section 35GGG of
33chapter 10, the Affordable Housing Trust Fund established by section 2 of chapter 121D, and the
34Housing Preservation and Stabilization Trust Fund established by section 60 of chapter 121B. 3 of 3
35 SECTION 4. Section 10 of said chapter 64D, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
36inserting after the word “commonwealth,” in line 2, the following words:- except for the monies
37collected and deposited into the separate funds as required by this chapter.
38 SECTION 5. Section 23 of chapter 546 of the acts of 1969 is hereby repealed.
39 SECTION 6. Notwithstanding any provision of this act or any general or special law to
40the contrary, for two years after the passage of this act, the commonwealth may utilize funds
41generated hereunder and allocated to either the Affordable Housing Trust Fund or the Housing
42Preservation and Stabilization Trust Fund to meet the emergency assistance needs of tenants and
43homeowners of very low income or extremely low income, as those terms are defined in chapter
4440T of the general laws, resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and related unemployment and
45economic dislocation.
46 SECTION 7. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2024.