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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 929 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3503 |
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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 | | Carmine Lawrence Gentile |
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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 to modernize property tax abatements for veterans. |
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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:Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/17/2023Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/16/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 929 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3503 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3503) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Carmine Lawrence Gentile and Patrick Joseph Kearney for legislation to modernize property tax |
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| 20 | 20 | | abatements for veterans. Veterans and Federal Affairs. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2393 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act to modernize property tax abatements for veterans. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 There shall be established a special commission to study and recommend ways to |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2modernize and increase property tax abatements and exemptions for veterans and surviving |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3spouses available under M.G.L. ch. 59. The study shall include, but not be limited to: (i) a review |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4of the current tax abatements and exemptions for veterans and surviving spouses available under |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5the chapter; (ii) a determination of the relation of tax abatements and exemptions to United |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6States Department of Veterans Affairs disability rating, and; (iii) recommendations to create a |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7system of abatements and exemptions which link United States Department of Veterans Affairs |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8disability rating to abatement and exemption amount. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 The commission shall consist of: two persons to be appointed by the Senate President, |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10one of whom shall serve as co-Chair, at least one of whom shall be a veteran; two persons to be 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall serve as co-Chair, |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12at least one of whom shall be a veteran; one person to be appointed by the Minority Leader of the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13Senate, who shall be a veteran; one person to be appointed by the Minority Leader of the House |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14of Representatives, who shall be a veteran; the Secretary of the Department of Veterans’ |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15Services or a designee; The Adjutant General of the Massachusetts National Guard or a designee; |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16the Director of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Boston Regional Office or a |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17designee; the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, or a designee; the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18Executive Director of the Massachusetts Municipal Association or a designee; the Massachusetts |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19Department Adjutant of the Disabled American Veterans or a designee; the president of the |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20Massachusetts Association of Assessing Officers or a designee; and five persons to be appointed |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21by the Governor, one of whom shall be a Local Veterans Services Officer, one of whom shall be |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22a surviving spouse and no fewer than three of whom shall be veterans. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23 The commission may solicit input through public hearings and testimony. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24 The commission shall file a report of its findings and recommendations with the Clerks of |
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| 55 | 55 | | 25the Senate and House of Representatives and the Senate and House Committees on Ways and |
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| 56 | 56 | | 26Means not later than December 1, 2024. |
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