Bill Text: MA H2871 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

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Bill Title: Real estate taxes levels of certain persons who have attained the age of seventy

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

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

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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:

 

Name:	District/Address:
Karyn E. Polito	11th Worcester
Antonio F.D. Cabral	13th Bristol
Paul K. Frost	7th Worcester
Richard J. Ross	9th Norfolk
Todd M. Smola	1st Hampden
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.