HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1007        FILED ON: 1/19/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1712

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sarah K. Peake

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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to room rental rates.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/19/2011

John D. Keenan

7th Essex

2/1/2011

Steven L. Levy

4th Middlesex

2/2/2011

Timothy R. Madden

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

2/1/2011

Shaunna O'Connell

3rd Bristol

2/3/2011

Cleon H. Turner

1st Barnstable

1/20/2011

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

2/3/2011

Daniel A. Wolf

 

2/3/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1007        FILED ON: 1/19/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1712

By Ms. Peake of Provincetown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1712) of Sarah K. Peake and others relative to room rental rates under the room occupancy excise tax law.  Revenue.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2853 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act relative to room rental rates.

 

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

1.  Section 1 of chapter 64G of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection (j), the following new subsection:-- 

(k)  “Friends and Family Rate”, rooms rented to employees of an Operator and relatives and friends of employees at a rate determined by the Operator.

2.  Section 1, subsection (j) of said chapter 64G is hereby amended by inserting, after the word “whatsoever.”, the following:-- “Rent for rooms rented under a Friends and Family Rate shall be based solely on the rate determined by the Operator.”