Bill Text: MA H2903 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: Clarify the limited exemption from taxation of certain facilities for the treatment of committed mentally ill persons

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 9/23 at 1:00 PM in Hearing Room B2 [H2903 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2903-Introduced.html

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Angelo M. Scaccia

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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 clarifying the limited exemption from taxation of certain facilities for the treatment of committed mentally ill patients.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Angelo M. Scaccia

14th Suffolk


 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3110 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act clarifying the limited exemption from taxation of certain facilities for the treatment of committed mentally ill patients.



                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. Clause third (c) of section five of chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1998 Official Edition, is hereby amended in the third and fourth lines by deleting the comma after the phrase “or principally for the treatment of mental diseases or mental disorders,” and by adding the following new words:— “or principally for the treatment of mental diseases or mental disorders of persons committed to a facility pursuant to chapter one hundred and twenty-three,”.

SECTION 2. Clause third (d) of section five of chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1998 Official Edition, is hereby amended in the fourth line by deleting the comma after the phrase “or principally for the treatment of mental diseases or mental disorders,” and by adding the following new words:— “or principally for the treatment of mental diseases or mental disorders of persons committed to a facility pursuant to chapter one hundred and twenty-three,”.

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