Bill Text: MA H2856 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Exempting certain low income elderly persons from proposition two and one-half
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 [H2856 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2856-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_______________
PRESENTED BY:
Alice Hanlon Peisch
_______________
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 exempting certain low income senior citizens from proposition two and a half .
_______________
PETITION OF:
|
Name: |
District/Address: |
|
Alice Hanlon Peisch |
14th Norfolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3063 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
_______________
In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
_______________
An Act exempting certain low income senior citizens from
proposition two and a half .
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Subsection (g) of Section 21C of Chapter 59, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following paragraph:—
The local appropriating authority may vote to adopt the following exemption to the question:
For residential property whose owner is 65 years of age or older and who occupies said property as his principal residence, provided however, that the taxpayer’s total income together with the total income of taxpayer’s spouse shall not exceed $75,000. For the purposes of this paragraph “residence” and “taxpayers total income” shall have the same meaning as used in paragraph (k) of section six of Chapter 62.
Any person qualifying for the exemption shall apply for the same on or before July 1st of the fiscal year in question on a form provided by the assessors. In determining eligibility for an exemption the assessors shall review the income tax forms for the preceding year.
SECTION 2. Subsection (h) of said section, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:—
The local appropriating authority may vote to adopt the following exemption to the question:
For residential property whose owner is 65 years of age or older and who occupies said property as his principal residence, provided however, that the taxpayer’s total income together with the total income of taxpayer’s spouse shall not exceed $75,000. For the purposes of this paragraph “residence” and “taxpayers total income” shall have the same meaning as used in paragraph (k) of section six of Chapter 62.
Any person qualifying for the exemption shall apply for the same on or before July 1st of the fiscal year in question on a form provided by the assessors. In determining eligibility for an exemption the assessors shall review the income tax forms for the preceding year.
SECTION 3. Subsection (i½) of said section, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:—
The local appropriating authority may vote to adopt the following exemption to the question:
For residential property whose owner is 65 years of age or older and who occupies said property as his principal residence, provided however, that the taxpayer’s total income together with the total income of taxpayer’s spouse shall not exceed $75,000. For the purposes of this paragraph “residence” and “taxpayers total income” shall have the same meaning as used in paragraph (k) of section six of Chapter 62.
Any person qualifying for the exemption shall apply for the same on or before July 1st of the fiscal year in question on a form provided by the assessors. In determining eligibility for an exemption the assessors shall review the income tax forms for the preceding year.
SECTION 4. Subsection (j) of said section, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:—
The local appropriating authority may vote to adopt the following exemption to the question:
For residential property whose owner is 65 years of age or older and who occupies said property as his principal residence, provided however, that the taxpayer’s total income together with the total income of taxpayer’s spouse shall not exceed $75,000. For the purposes of this paragraph “residence” and “taxpayers total income” shall have the same meaning as used in paragraph (k) of section six of Chapter 62.
Any person qualifying for the exemption shall apply for the same on or before July 1st of the fiscal year in question on a form provided by the assessors. In determining eligibility for an exemption the assessors shall review the income tax forms for the preceding year.
SECTION 5. Subsection (k) of said section, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:—
The local appropriating authority may vote to adopt the following exemption to the question:
For residential property whose owner is 65 years of age or older and who occupies said property as his principal residence, provided however, that the taxpayer’s total income together with the total income of taxpayer’s spouse shall not exceed $75,000. For the purposes of this paragraph “residence” and “taxpayers total income” shall have the same meaning as used in paragraph (k) of section six of Chapter 62.
Any person qualifying for the exemption shall apply for the same on or before July 1st of the fiscal year in question on a form provided by the assessors. In determining eligibility for an exemption the assessors shall review the income tax forms for the preceding year.
