Bill Text: MA H2722 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Providing a real estate tax exemption for certain elderly persons for payments to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 6/3 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B2 [H2722 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2722-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Paul J. Donato
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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 providing for a certain real property tax exemption.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Paul J. Donato |
35th Middlesex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2890 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act providing for a certain real property 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. Section 5 of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as
most recently amended by Section 114 of chapter 159 of the acts of 2000, is
hereby amended by adding the following clause:—
Fifty-fourth. Owners of real estate in cities and towns within the waterworks
system or sewer system of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority who are
65 years of age or older shall receive an exemption equal to 50 percent of
charges paid to a city or town for water and sewer.
