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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3416 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3226 |
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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 | | Lindsay N. Sabadosa and Paul W. Mark |
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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 relative to LIHEAP eligibility. |
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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:Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/20/2023Paul W. MarkBerkshire, Hampden, Franklin and |
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| 16 | 16 | | Hampshire |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1/20/2023David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester1/25/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3416 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3226 |
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| 20 | 20 | | By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by |
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| 21 | 21 | | bill, House, No. 3226) of Lindsay N. Sabadosa, Paul W. Mark and David Henry Argosky |
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| 22 | 22 | | LeBoeuf relative to eligibility for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act relative to LIHEAP eligibility. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 Section 1F of Chapter 164 is hereby amended by inserting in subsection 4(i) the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2following:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 The department is hereby directed to calculate low-income discount eligibility using only |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4the adjusted gross income of a household if one or more of the applicants in the household |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5additionally reports profits or losses from a business. |
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