Bill Text: MA S1278 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Increase the property tax deferral for seniors
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 [S1278 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1278-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Patricia D. Jehlen
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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 increase the property tax deferral for seniors.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Patricia D. Jehlen |
Second Middlesex |
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Kate Hogan |
3rd Middlesex |
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Brian A. Joyce |
Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth |
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Christine E. Canavan |
10th Plymouth |
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James M. Murphy |
4th Norfolk |
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Robert L. Rice, Jr. |
2nd Worcester |
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James B. Eldridge |
Middlesex and Worcester |
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Kay Khan |
11th Middlesex |
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Denise Provost |
27th Middlesex |
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Barbara A. L'Italien |
18th Essex |
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Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
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Denise Provost |
27th Middlesex |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Jennifer Benson |
37th Middlesex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01736 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 increase the property tax deferral for seniors.
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 59 of the General Laws, in subsection 41A (2) is hereby amended by striking out the words “the amount of income determined by the commissioner of revenue for the purposes of subsection (k) of section 6 of chapter 62, for a single person who is not a head of household” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “$65,000”.
