Bill Text: MA H2782 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Include home heating costs in the calculation of tax credits for senior citizens
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 6/3 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B2 [H2782 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2782-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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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 helping seniors.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Viriato Manuel deMacedo |
1st Plymouth |
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Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
20th Middlesex |
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George N. Peterson, Jr. |
9th Worcester |
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Elizabeth Poirier |
14th Bristol |
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F. Jay Barrows |
1st Bristol |
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Paul K. Frost |
7th Worcester |
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Susan Williams Gifford |
2nd Plymouth |
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Bradford R. Hill |
4th Essex |
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Jeffrey Davis Perry |
5th Barnstable |
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Karyn E. Polito |
11th Worcester |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
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Robert S. Hargraves |
1st Middlesex |
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Daniel K. Webster |
6th Plymouth |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2965 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 helping seniors.
��������������� 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 (k) of section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word �commissioner.�, in line 319, the following:-
����������� The real estate tax payment to be considered for purposes of calculating this credit shall also include 25 percent of the owner�s home heating oil, natural gas, or propane, actually paid in the taxable year for which the credit is sought.
SECTION 2.� Subsection (k) of said section 6 of said chapter 62 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word �thereof.�, in line 323, the following sentence:-
The rent constituting real estate tax payment to be considered for purposes of calculating this credit shall also include 25 percent of the owner�s home heating oil, natural gas, or propane, actually paid in the taxable year for which the credit is sought.�����
