Bill Text: MA H2935 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Exempt purchases of over-the-counter medicines and nutritional supplements on prescriptions from imposition of the sales tax
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 5/6 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B2 [H2935 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2935-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
David M. Torrisi
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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 to exempt medicines from the sales tax.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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David M. Torrisi |
14th Essex |
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William Lantigua |
16th Essex |
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Susan C. Fargo |
Third Middlesex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3144 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to exempt medicines from the sales 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. Subsection (l) of section 6 of chapter 64H of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended in line 171 by inserting after the phrase “sales of insulin;” the following:— sales of over-the-counter medicines including brand name and generic drugs and medicines and nutritional supplements on prescriptions of registered physicians
