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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3496 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3141 |
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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 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and Richard M. Haggerty |
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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 the small commercial 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:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/17/2025Richard M. Haggerty30th Middlesex1/17/2025Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/17/2025Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/31/2025Todd M. Smola1st Hampden3/10/2025Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida7th Plymouth2/11/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3496 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3141 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Jones of North Reading and Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (accompanied |
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| 19 | 19 | | by bill, House, No. 3141) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Richard M. Haggerty and others relative to |
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| 20 | 20 | | the small commercial tax exemption. 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-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to the small commercial 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 5I of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 In those cities and towns in which an exemption is made available hereunder, the local |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4governing body may provide an exemption for parcels with multiple commercial occupants if at |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5least 50 percent of the occupants are eligible businesses. If the parcel is a multiple use property |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6consisting of both residential and commercial occupants, the local governing body may provide |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7an exemption if at least 50 percent of the commercial portion of the parcel is comprised of |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8eligible businesses. |
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