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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1089 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2061 |
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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 | | Patrick M. O'Connor |
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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 reducing senior citizen property taxes. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Patrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and Norfolk 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1089 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2061 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. O'Connor, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2061) of Patrick M. O'Connor for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation to reduce senior citizen property taxes. Revenue. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1901 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act reducing senior citizen property taxes. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 5K of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3thereof the following:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4 In exchange for such volunteer services, the city or town may reduce the real property tax |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5obligations of such person over the age of 60 on their tax bills, and any reduction so provided |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6shall be in addition to any exemption or abatement to which any such person is otherwise |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7entitled. No person shall receive a rate of, or be credited with, more than the current minimum |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8wage of the commonwealth per hour for up to 175 hours of volunteer services provided in a |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9given tax year; provided, that a city or town may limit the number of hours of volunteer services |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10for which a person may receive a reduction on their tax bills to fewer than 175. 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11 SECTION 2. Said section 5K of said chapter 59, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12amended by striking out the third paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13paragraph:- |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14 A city or town, by vote of its legislative body, subject to its charter, may adjust the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15exemption in this clause by allowing an approved representative, for persons physically unable, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16to provide such services to the city or town. |
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