HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2737        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2801

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act increasing the earned income credit for working families..

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 6 (h) of Chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 173, the number “15” and inserting in place thereof the following number: - 30.

SECTION 2.  Section 6 (h) of Chapter 62 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is further amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following paragraph:

     The commissioner of revenue shall provide all employers with a notice and a poster that sets forth the rights to the credit allowed under the first paragraph of this section.