Bill Text: MA H2844 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Payments in lieu of taxes for certain land used as jails or houses of correction
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 5/27 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B2 [H2844 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2844-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
James J. O'Day
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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:
An Act relative to payment in lieu of taxes.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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James J. O'Day |
14th Worcester District |
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Harriette L. Chandler |
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2999 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 payment in lieu of taxes.
��������������� Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
That Chapter 58 of the General Laws be amended in Section 15A by inserting after the words �federal government� the following: �and land under the care and control of the commonwealth and used as a jail or house of correction and which was at the time of its acquisition by the commonwealth under the care and control of county government.�
Provided further that any county correctional facility whose operating expenses paid by the Commonwealth exceeds 50 percent shall be deemed a state facility for lieu of taxes on state-owned land purposes.
That Chapter 58 of the General Laws be amended in Section 13 by inserting at the end the following:� �;and of all land held by the commonwealth and used as a jail or house of correction.�����������
