HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2153        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2652

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Peter V. Kocot

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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 motor fuels.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

1/20/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2153        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2652

By Mr. Kocot of Northampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2652) of Kocot relative to providing for the reimbursement to cities and towns of the cost of the motor fuels excise tax Joint Committee on Transportation.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3256 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 motor fuels.

 

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 5 of chapter 64E of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: -

“Any excise or tax on motor fuel paid by a department or agency of any city or town in the Commonwealth to suppliers of motor fuels within the Commonwealth shall be reimbursed to said city or town on an annual basis.  The commissioner or revenue shall promulgate rules and regulations to record and account for the total amounts of fuel purchased, means to verify said purchases and a timely method to reimburse said funds to municipalities on an annual basis through the so-called “Cherry Sheets”.”