Bill Text: MA H2772 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: Revising the sales and use tax on motor vehicles

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 [H2772 Detail]

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jonathan Hecht

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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 Revising Sales Taxes on Motor Vehicles.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

William N. Brownsberger

24th Middlesex

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

Alice K. Wolf

25th Middlesex

Jennifer M. Callahan

18th Worcester

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk


 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act Revising Sales Taxes on Motor Vehicles.



                Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 2 of Chapter 64H is hereby amended by inserting after the words “five percent”, the words”, or in the case of motor vehicles as defined in Section One of Chapter 90, ten percent,”.

Section 6 of Chapter 64H is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsections:

“(yy) Sales of motor vehicles up to ten thousand dollars of the sales price of the motor vehicles and all sales of hybrid or electric powered motor vehicles”

“(zz) Sales of bicycles up to two thousand dollars of the sales price of the bicycle.   

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