Bill Text: MA S1369 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to property tax exemption for persons over the age of seventy
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 6/3 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B2 [S1369 Detail]
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Richard R. Tisei
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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 relative to property tax exemption for persons over the age of seventy.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Richard R. Tisei |
Middlesex and Essex |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Michael R. Knapik |
Second Hampden and Hampshire |
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Robert L. Hedlund |
Plymouth and Norfolk |
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Scott P. Brown |
Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01832 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to property tax exemption for persons over the age
of seventy.
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. Clause Forty-first of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subclause (B), beginning in line 865, and inserting in place thereof the following subclause:-
(B) that such person’s income does not exceed that required to qualify under section 5 subsection (a) of chapter 62.
SECTION 2. Said clause Forty-first is hereby further amended by striking out the words “five hundred dollars”, in line 849, and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $1,000.
SECTION 3. Clause Forty-first B of said section 5 is hereby amended by striking out the words “five hundred dollars”, in line 1035, and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $1,000.
