Bill Text: MA S1271 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Establish a municipal gas tax exemption
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 10/14 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B2 [S1271 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1271-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Fargo, Susan (SEN)
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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 establishing a municipal gas tax exemption.
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PETITION OF:
Name: |
District/Address: |
Fargo, Susan (SEN) |
Third Middlesex |
William Smitty Pignatelli |
4th Berkshire |
John W. Scibak |
2nd Hampshire |
Harriette L. Chandler |
First Worcester |
Harriett L. Stanley |
2nd Essex |
Robert M. Koczera |
11th Bristol |
Scott P. Brown |
Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex |
James E. Timilty |
Bristol and Norfolk |
Tom Sannicandro |
7th Middlesex |
Frank I. Smizik |
15th Norfolk |
William Lantigua |
16th Essex |
Robert A. O'Leary |
Cape and Islands |
Kevin G. Honan |
17th Suffolk |
Denise Provost |
27th Middlesex |
Thomas P. Conroy |
13th Middlesex |
Michael O. Moore |
Second Worcester |
Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
Karen E. Spilka |
Second Middlesex and Norfolk |
Robert L. Hedlund |
Plymouth and Norfolk |
Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
Richard T. Moore |
Worcester and Norfolk |
Sarah K. Peake |
4th Barnstable |
Thomas M. Stanley |
9th Middlesex |
Alice Hanlon Peisch |
14th Norfolk |
Anne M. Gobi |
5th Worcester |
Martha M. Walz |
8th Suffolk |
Cory Atkins |
14th Middlesex |
Gale D. Candaras |
First Hampden and Hampshire |
Thomas P. Kennedy |
Second Plymouth and Bristol |
Jay R. Kaufman |
15th Middlesex |
Stephen L. DiNatale |
3rd Worcester |
Denis E. Guyer |
2nd Berkshire |
Brian A. Joyce |
Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01727 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act establishing a municipal gas tax exemption.
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. Chapter 64A is hereby amended by inserting after section 7A the following section:-
Section 7B. Any municipality of the commonwealth that buys any fuel on which an excise tax has been paid under chapter 64A and, which fuel has been purchased for its municipal consumption and use, shall be reimbursed the amount of such excise tax paid in the manner and subject to the conditions herein provided. All claims for reimbursement shall be filed with the commissioner of revenue and shall be made in such form and containing such information, and accompanied with supporting documentation, as the commissioner of revenue shall prescribe. The commissioner of revenue shall establish a quarterly calendar year schedule for the submission of claims by municipalities for reimbursement of such paid fuel excise taxes. No reimbursement for such excise tax paid shall be made for any claim submitted after 6 months from the date of the purchase of such fuel. The commissioner of revenue shall transmit all claims approved by him to the comptroller for certification, and the amount so approved and certified as aforesaid shall be paid forthwith from the proceeds of the excise tax levied under this chapter 64A, without specific appropriation. No claim for reimbursement for said excise tax shall be made by a municipality under sections 7 and 7A of chapter 64A, for fuel purchased during said period, to which a municipality is entitled to claim a reimbursement under this section.
SECTION 2. Section 13 of Chapter 64A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the words “seven and seven A” in line 3, and inserting in place thereof, the following words:- “seven, seven A and seven B”.