Bill Text: MA H2832 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: Exempt persons sixty-five years of age and older from payment of motor vehicle excise taxes

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 10/14 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B2 [H2832 Detail]

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James R. Miceli

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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 exempting senior citizens from the motor vehicle excise tax.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex


 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3041 OF .]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act exempting senior citizens from the motor vehicle excise 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. Section 1 of chapter 60A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 edition, is hereby further amended by inserting after the sixth paragraph, the following paragraph:—
The excise imposed by this section shall not apply to a motor vehicle owned and registered by a person 65 years of age or older. This exemption shall apply to not more than one motor vehicle owned and registered for the personal, noncommercial use of such person. After the assessors have allowed an exemption under this paragraph no further evidence of the existence of the facts required by this paragraph shall be required in any subsequent year in the city or town in which the exemption has been so allowed.

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