HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4978 FILED ON: 4/30/2010
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[LOCAL APPROVAL RECEIVED.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Sarah K. Peake, Robert A. O'Leary
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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 the room occupancy excise tax in the town of Provincetown.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Sarah K. Peake
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4th Barnstable
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Robert A. O'Leary
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Cape and Islands
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to the room occupancy excise tax in the town of Provincetown.
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.
Chapter 391 of the Acts of 1998 is hereby amended by providing
that thirteen percent (13%) of the room excise tax collected by the town of
Provincetown under
section 3A of chapter 64G
of the General Laws for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be credited to
the wastewater enterprise fu
nd of said town without further
appropriation.
SECTION
2.
Section 2 of Chapter 178 of the Acts of 1996 is hereby amended by
providing that thirty-five percent (35%) of the excise collected under
section 3A
of chapter 64G
of the General Laws by the town of Provincetown for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be credited to
the Tourism Fund established pursuant to Section 1 of Chapter 178 of the Acts of
1996 without further appropriation.
SECTION 3.
Twenty-five percent (25%) of the excise collected under
section 3A
of chapter 64G
of the General Laws by the town of Provincetown for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be credited
without further appropriation to the special purpose stabilization fund for capital
improvements established in accordance with section 5B of chapter 40 of the
General Laws by the town pursuant to the vote under article 9 of the April 5, 2010
special town meeting
SECTION 4: Twenty-seven
percent (27%) of the excise collected under section 3A
of chapter 64G of the General Laws by the Town of Provincetown for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2010, and each fiscal year thereafter, shall be credited to
the General Fund.
SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon passage.
