HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3609        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3625

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Daniel J. Hunt

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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 exempting veterans’ organizations from state and local meals tax.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/20/2017

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

4/7/2017

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

4/7/2017

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

4/6/2017

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

4/6/2017

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

4/6/2017

Peter J. Durant

6th Worcester

4/7/2017

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

4/10/2017

Linda Dorcena Forry

First Suffolk

4/11/2017

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

4/7/2017

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

4/6/2017

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

4/6/2017

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

4/10/2017

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

4/6/2017

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

4/6/2017

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

4/6/2017

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

4/7/2017

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

4/7/2017

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

4/6/2017

Richard J. Ross

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

4/6/2017

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

4/6/2017

Angelo M. Scaccia

14th Suffolk

4/7/2017

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

4/7/2017

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

4/7/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

4/6/2017

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

4/5/2017

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

4/7/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3609        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3625

By Mr. Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3625) of Daniel J. Hunt and others relative to exempting certain veterans’ organizations from state and local meals tax.  Revenue.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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

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An Act exempting veterans’ organizations from state and local meals tax.

 

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

Section 6 of chapter 64H of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the figure “fifteen”, in line 434, the following words:- ; and meals served by a veterans’ organization; provided, that the meals are: (i) furnished without charge, (ii) served at a potluck event, as defined in section 328A of section 94; (iii) served at price equal to the cost of the component food; or (iv) served by a veterans’ organization for which the sale of meals accounts for less than 20 per cent of the veterans’ organization annual revenue.