HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4326        FILED ON: 5/4/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4218

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Reductions in Property Tax Liabilities..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Notwithstanding any General or Special Law to the Contrary, Section 5K of Chapter 59 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended in line 15, after the word “section”, the following:

“Such cities and towns shall also have the power to create local rules and procedures allowing for persons over the age of 60 to volunteer to provide services in exchange for a reduction in property tax obligations towards future tax years.”