Bill Text: MA S1372 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: Exempt certain elderly persons from certain real estate increases

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 [S1372 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1372-Introduced.html

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 exempting certain elderly persons from certain real estate increases .

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Richard R. Tisei

Middlesex and Essex

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

Michael R. Knapik

Second Hampden and Hampshire

Robert L. Hedlund

Plymouth and Norfolk

Scott P. Brown

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex


 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01828 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act exempting certain elderly persons from certain real estate increases .



                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 21C of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended in subsection (e) by inserting at the end thereof the following subparagraph:-

The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons 70 years of age or older provided that such persons have owned the real estate subject to such tax increase for a period of at least ten years.

           

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