HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2943        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2587

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Stephen Kulik and Cynthia S. Creem

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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 to sustain community preservation revenue.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Stephen Kulik

1st Franklin

1/16/2015

Cynthia S. Creem

First Middlesex and Norfolk

1/20/2015

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

11/22/2019

Jay R. Kaufman

15th Middlesex

11/22/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

11/22/2019

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

11/22/2019

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

11/22/2019

Paul Tucker

7th Essex

11/22/2019

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

11/22/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

11/22/2019

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

11/22/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

11/22/2019

Timothy R. Madden

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

11/22/2019

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/23/2015

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

11/22/2019

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

11/22/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

11/22/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

11/22/2019

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

11/22/2019

Michael J. Finn

6th Hampden

11/22/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

11/22/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

11/22/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

11/22/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

11/22/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

11/22/2019

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

11/22/2019

Thomas J. Calter

12th Plymouth

11/22/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

11/22/2019

John W. Scibak

2nd Hampshire

11/22/2019

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

11/22/2019

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

11/22/2019

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

11/22/2019

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

11/22/2019

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

11/22/2019

Daniel A. Wolf

Cape and Islands

11/22/2019

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

11/22/2019

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

11/22/2019

Tom Sannicandro

7th Middlesex

11/22/2019

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

11/22/2019

Linda Dorcena Forry

First Suffolk

11/22/2019

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

11/22/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

11/22/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

11th Essex

11/22/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

11/22/2019

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire

11/22/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

11/22/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

11/22/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

11/22/2019

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

11/22/2019

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

11/22/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

11/22/2019

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

11/22/2019

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

11/22/2019

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

11/22/2019

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.

26th Middlesex

11/22/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

11/22/2019

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

11/22/2019

Nicholas A. Boldyga

3rd Hampden

11/22/2019

Christopher M. Markey

9th Bristol

11/22/2019

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

11/22/2019

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

11/22/2019

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

11/22/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

11/22/2019

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

11/22/2019

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

11/22/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

11/22/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

11/22/2019

Robert L. Hedlund

Plymouth and Norfolk

11/22/2019

Jennifer L. Flanagan

Worcester and Middlesex

11/22/2019

Bradford R. Hill

4th Essex

11/22/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

11/22/2019

Gailanne M. Cariddi

1st Berkshire

11/22/2019

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

11/22/2019

Leonard Mirra

2nd Essex

11/22/2019

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

11/22/2019

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

11/22/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2943        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2587

By Representative Kulik of Worthington and Senator Creem, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2587) of Stephen Kulik, Cynthia Stone Creem and others for legislation to further regulate expenditures for mortgages from the Community Preservation Trust Fund.  Revenue.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act to sustain community preservation revenue.

 

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. Subsection (a) of Section 8 of chapter 44B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the figure “188” in line 16, the following words:- “or to the filing of a third or fourth mortgage extended by any public agency or quasipublic agency, including but not limited to a Commonwealth municipality or the Massachusetts Housing Partnership”

SECTION 2. Subsection (b) of said section 8 of said chapter 44B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the figure “188”, in line 25, the following words:-  “or to the filing of a third mortgage or fourth mortgage extended by any public agency, including but not limited to a Commonwealth municipality or the Massachusetts Housing Partnership”

SECTION 3.  Within 60 days of the effective date of this act, the commissioner of revenue shall determine if the Massachusetts Community Preservation Trust Fund balance on the date of the next scheduled distribution will be sufficient to support a 50 per cent first round match distribution, pursuant to Section 10 of chapter 44B of the General Laws, for all cities and towns that have accepted sections 3 to 7, inclusive. 

If the Massachusetts Community Preservation Trust Fund balance is insufficient to support a 50 per cent first round match distribution, the surcharges pursuant to Section 8 of Chapter 44B of the General Laws shall be increased. The new surcharge values shall be determined by the commissioner of the department of revenue and shall be sufficient to support, by the commissioner’s best reasonable estimate, a 50 per cent first round match,  with each fee rounded to the nearest dollar; provided, however, that the surcharge paid to the register of deeds or assistant recorder when the instrument is left for recording, filing or deposit, shall not exceed $50; and provided further, that the surcharge paid for the purposes of recording, filing or depositing a municipal lien certificate shall not exceed $25.

If the maximum surcharge values are reached and they are insufficient to support a 50 per cent first round match distribution pursuant to section 10, the Community Preservation Trust Fund first round match distribution shall be less than 50 per cent.  The surcharges shall be imposed for the purposes of community preservation. No community preservation surcharges shall apply to a declaration of homestead under chapter 188 or to the filing of a third mortgage or fourth mortgage extended by any public agency, including but not limited to a commonwealth municipality or the Massachusetts Housing Partnership. No surcharge shall apply to the fees charged for additional pages, photostatic copies, abstract cards, additional square feet for the filing and recording of plans or for additional or required marginal references. 

SECTION 4. The commissioner of revenue shall notify the registers of deeds, the assistant recorders and the joint committee on revenue of any surcharge change at least 60 days prior to any fee adjustment required under this act.