Bill Text: MA H2733 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: For a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to a graduated income tax

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-04 - Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 23) and placed on file [H2733 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2733-Introduced.html

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mark V. Falzone

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
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��������������� The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

A proposal to amend the Constitution to allow for a graduated income tax on millionaires.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Mark V. Falzone

9th Essex

Alice K. Wolf

25th Middlesex

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

Steven J. D'Amico

4th Bristol

Matthew C. Patrick

3rd Barnstable

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex


 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

PROPOSAL for a legislative amendment to the Constitution allowing for a graduated income tax on millionaires



����������� A majority of all the members elected to the Senate and House of Representatives, in joint session, hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the adoption of the following Article of Amendment, to the end that it may become a part of the Constitution [if similarly agreed to in a joint session of the next General Court and approved by the people at the state election next following]:

ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.

����������� Section 1. Article XLIV of the Amendments to the Constitution is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following:- Such tax may be at different rates upon income derived from different classes of property, but shall be levied at a uniform rate throughout the commonwealth upon incomes less than or equal to $1,000,000 and derived from the same class of property.

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