Bill Text: MA H2917 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Regulate real estate taxes for certain elderly persons
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 [H2917 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2917-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Thomas M. Stanley
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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 protect senior citizens.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Thomas M. Stanley |
9th Middlesex |
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Benjamin Swan |
11th Hampden |
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Thomas P. Kennedy |
Second Plymouth and Bristol |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Michael F. Rush |
10th Suffolk |
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Brian A. Joyce |
Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth |
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Steven J. D'Amico |
4th Bristol |
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Joseph R. Driscoll, Jr. |
5th Norfolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2956 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 protect senior citizens.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding thereafter the following:—
Fifty-fifth:— Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in any city or town which adopts this section, the Board of Assessors shall develop a process which will allow property owners, 70 years of age and older, to have their real estate property taxes limited to that annual amount which was levied in the year in which they turned 70 or in that year in which this act shall take effect, whichever comes later, provided that such real estate is owned and occupied by such older person, and provided, further, that no real estate shall be so exempt which the assessors shall adjudge has been conveyed to such older person to evade taxation.
Any such older person, may on or before December 15 apply to the Board of Assessors for certification of their eligibility for this section.
