HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 162        FILED ON: 1/9/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1639

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Chris Walsh

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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 allowing PILOT payments to municipalities.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

1/9/2017

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 162        FILED ON: 1/9/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1639

By Mr. Walsh of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1639) of Chris Walsh and Jason M. Lewis relative to providing reimbursements to towns for nonprofits exempt from property taxes.  Revenue.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2693 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act allowing PILOT payments to municipalities.

 

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. Chapter 58 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 17B the following 2 sections:-

Section 17B1/2. In every year, not later than August first, the commissioner shall deliver to the state treasurer a statement as to the value of land owned by nonprofits for the purposes named in section 4 of chapter 180 in each town, and of the amount of money to be paid to each of such towns as determined by the following section.

Section 17B3/4. The treasurer in every year, not later than November twentieth, shall reimburse each town in which a nonprofit owns lands for the purposes named in section 4 of chapter 180 an amount in lieu of taxes upon the value of such land as reported to him by the commissioner under the preceding section, determined by multiplying each thousand dollars of valuation or fractional part thereof by the rate provided for under section 58 of chapter 63.