Bill Text: MA H2669 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: The sales tax on certain food products
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 5/6 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B2 [H2669 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2669-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Cory Atkins
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the sales tax.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Cory Atkins |
14th Middlesex |
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Ellen Story |
3rd Hampshire |
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Cleon H. Turner |
1st Barnstable |
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Carl M. Sciortino, Jr. |
34th Middlesex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2829 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to the sales tax.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Subsection (h) of section 6 of chapter 64H of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence:- “Food products” does not include limited nutritional items sold in all retail stores.
SECTION 2. Said chapter 64H is hereby further amended by inserting after section 6 the following section:-
Section 6A. Under the provisions of this chapter, a sales tax shall be imposed on the sale in any retail store of any food product that has limited nutritional value.
