Bill Text: MA H2871 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Real estate taxes levels of certain persons who have attained the age of seventy
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 6/3 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B2 [H2871 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2871-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Karyn E. Polito
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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 freezing real estate taxes on certain persons who have attained the age of 70.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Karyn E. Polito |
11th Worcester |
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Antonio F.D. Cabral |
13th Bristol |
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Paul K. Frost |
7th Worcester |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
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Michael R. Knapik |
Second Hampden and Hampshire |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3084 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act freezing real estate taxes on certain persons who have
attained the age of 70.
��������������� Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
����������� Chapter 59 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 19 the following section:-
Section 19A.� A city, by vote of its council and approval of its mayor, or a town, by vote of town meeting, may adopt the following tax freeze provision:� No person entitled to an abatement under clause Forty-first of section 5 shall be assessed for any property tax in any year which is greater in amount than the tax he paid on such property in the previous year.
