SENATE DOCKET, NO. 588        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1504

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Cynthia Stone 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:

 

Cynthia Stone Creem

First Middlesex and Norfolk

 

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

 

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/23/2017

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

1/23/2017

James E. Timilty

Bristol and Norfolk

1/23/2017

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

1/25/2017

Kenneth J. Donnelly

Fourth Middlesex

2/3/2017

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/25/2017

Thomas M. McGee

Third Essex

1/25/2017

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/25/2017

Jay R. Kaufman

15th Middlesex

1/25/2017

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/26/2017

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/26/2017

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/27/2017

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

1/27/2017

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

1/30/2017

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/30/2017

John W. Scibak

2nd Hampshire

1/30/2017

James T. Welch

Hampden

1/30/2017

Thomas J. Calter

12th Plymouth

1/31/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/31/2017

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

1/31/2017

William N. Brownsberger

Second Suffolk and Middlesex

1/31/2017

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

1/31/2017

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/1/2017

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

2/1/2017

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/2/2017

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

2/2/2017

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

2/2/2017

Dylan Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

2/2/2017

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

2/2/2017

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

2/2/2017

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

2/2/2017

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/2/2017

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

2/2/2017

Stephen Kulik

1st Franklin

2/2/2017

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

2/2/2017

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/2/2017

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

2/2/2017

Michael J. Rodrigues

First Bristol and Plymouth

2/3/2017

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

2/3/2017

Christopher M. Markey

9th Bristol

2/3/2017

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

2/3/2017

Eric P. Lesser

First Hampden and Hampshire

2/3/2017

Kathleen O'Connor Ives

First Essex

2/3/2017

Joseph A. Boncore

First Suffolk and Middlesex

2/3/2017

Harriette L. Chandler

First Worcester

2/6/2017

Viriato M. deMacedo

Plymouth and Barnstable

2/27/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 588        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1504

By Ms. Creem, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1504) of Cynthia S. Creem, Angelo L. D'Emilia, Jason M. Lewis, Paul A. Schmid, III and other members of the General Court for legislation to sustain community preservation revenue.  Revenue.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1459 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 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.  Within 60 days of the effective date of this act, the commissioner of revenue shall determine if the estimated 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 said Chapter 44B 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 distribution for all cities and towns that have accepted Sections 3 to 7, inclusive, of said Chapter 44B as of the effective date of this act, with each fee rounded to the nearest dollar. The estimate shall be calculated using the total revenue collected for the Massachusetts Community Preservation Trust pursuant to Section 8 of said Chapter 44B during the most recent fiscal year, and the estimated total local surcharge that would have been collected during the most recent fiscal year, pursuant to Section 4 of said Chapter 44B, for all cities and towns that have accepted Sections 3 to 7, inclusive, of said Chapter 44B as of the effective date of this act.

SECTION 2. 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. 

SECTION 3. Subsection (a) of Section 8 of chapter 44B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the figure “188,” the following words:- “or to the filing of any subordinate mortgage extended by any public agency or quasipublic agency, including but not limited to a Commonwealth municipality or the Massachusetts Housing Partnership”

SECTION 4. Subsection (b) of said section 8 of said chapter 44B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the figure “188,” the following words:-  “or to the filing of any subordinate mortgage extended by any public agency or quasipublic agency, including but not limited to a Commonwealth municipality or the Massachusetts Housing Partnership”