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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4569 FILED ON: 9/12/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4106 |
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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 | | Danielle W. Gregoire |
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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 allowing disabled veterans with purple heart plates to qualify for a sales tax exemption. |
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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:Danielle W. Gregoire4th Middlesex9/12/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4569 FILED ON: 9/12/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4106 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Gregoire of Marlborough, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Danielle W. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Gregoire relative to a sales tax exemption for certain disabled veterans with purple heart license |
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| 20 | 20 | | plates. 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 allowing disabled veterans with purple heart plates to qualify for a sales tax exemption. |
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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 6 of chapter 64H of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (u) and inserting in place thereof the following |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3paragraph:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 (u) Sale of a motor vehicle purchased by and for the use of a person who has suffered |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5loss, or permanent loss of use of, both legs or both arms or one leg and one arm or by and for the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6use of a veteran who has been determined to be permanently disabled by the medical advisory |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7board established under section 8C of chapter 90 and has been issued a disabled veteran number |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8plate or a purple heart recipient plate under section 2 of said chapter 90;.provided that this |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9exemption shall apply to 1 motor vehicle only owned and registered for the personal, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10noncommercial use of such person. A person issued a purple heart recipient plate shall not have |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11to forfeit their purple heart recipient plate for a disabled veteran number plate in order to receive 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12the exemption from the tax in this paragraph. A person issued a purple heart recipient plate and a |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13disability placard shall receive the exemption from the tax in this subsection. |
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