HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2835        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2463

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

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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 preserve community preservation revenue.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

1/15/2019

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

1/28/2019

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

1/23/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/24/2019

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/25/2019

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

1/22/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/24/2019

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/23/2019

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

1/30/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/25/2019

Thomas P. Walsh

12th Essex

1/29/2019

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/22/2019

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/18/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/25/2019

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/22/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/23/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

1/23/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/23/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/23/2019

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/23/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/23/2019

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

1/24/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/24/2019

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/24/2019

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

1/24/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/24/2019

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

1/25/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/25/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/25/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Harriette L. Chandler

First Worcester

1/25/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

1/28/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/28/2019

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

1/28/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

1/28/2019

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Paul F. Tucker

7th Essex

1/29/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

1/29/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/29/2019

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/29/2019

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

1/29/2019

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

1/29/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/29/2019

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/29/2019

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

1/29/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/29/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/29/2019

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

1/30/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

1/30/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

1/30/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

1/30/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Paul A. Schmid, III

8th Bristol

1/30/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/30/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/30/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/30/2019

Michael J. Finn

6th Hampden

1/30/2019

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/30/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

1/30/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

1/30/2019

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

1/30/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/31/2019

Liz Miranda

5th Suffolk

1/31/2019

David Biele

4th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Carole A. Fiola

6th Bristol

1/31/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

1/31/2019

Lenny Mirra

2nd Essex

1/31/2019

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

1/31/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/31/2019

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

1/31/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/31/2019

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Daniel R. Carey

2nd Hampshire

1/31/2019

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

1/31/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/31/2019

Mark J. Cusack

5th Norfolk

1/31/2019

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/31/2019

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

1/31/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/31/2019

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

1/31/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

1/31/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

1/31/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/1/2019

Eric P. Lesser

First Hampden and Hampshire

2/1/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jerald A. Parisella

6th Essex

2/1/2019

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

2/1/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/1/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/1/2019

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

2/1/2019

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

2/1/2019

Bradford Hill

4th Essex

2/1/2019

Chynah Tyler

7th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Joseph A. Boncore

First Suffolk and Middlesex

2/1/2019

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

7th Norfolk

2/1/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2835        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2463

By Ms. Ferrante of Gloucester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2463) of Ann-Margaret Ferrante and others relative to community preservation revenue.  Revenue.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act to preserve 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. Section 8 of chapter 44B is hereby amended by striking it in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:

Section 8. (a) Except as otherwise provided, the fees of the registers of deeds to be paid when a document or instrument is recorded shall be subject to a surcharge of $75; provided, however, that if the document or instrument to be filed includes multiple references to a document or instrument intending or attempting to assign, discharge, release, partially release, subordinate or notice any other document or instrument, each reference shall be separately indexed and separately assessed an additional $75 surcharge. The fee for recording a municipal lien certificate shall be subject to a surcharge of $35; provided, however, that if the certificate includes multiple references to a document or instrument intending or attempting to assign, discharge, release, partially release, subordinate or notice any other document or instrument, each reference shall be separately indexed and separately assessed an additional $35 surcharge. The surcharges imposed shall be used for community preservation purposes. No surcharge shall apply to a declaration of homestead under chapter 188 or to the filing of any subordinate mortgage extended by any public agency or quasi-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 or additional square feet for the recording of plans.

(b) The fees of the assistant recorder, except as otherwise provided, to be paid when the instrument is left for registering, filing or entering with respect to registered land shall be subject to a surcharge of $75. The fees for so registering, filing or entering a municipal lien certificate shall be subject to a surcharge of $35. The surcharges shall be imposed for the purposes of community preservation. No surcharge shall apply to a declaration of homestead under chapter 188 or to the filing of any subordinate mortgage extended by any public agency or quasi-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 lots shown on plans, for indexing instruments recorded while a petition for registering is pending, for additional certificates of sewer assessments, for old age assistance liens, for duplicates and for photocopies.

(c) All surcharges on fees collected pursuant to this section shall be forwarded to the Massachusetts Community Preservation Trust Fund, established in section 9.

SECTION 2:  The commissioner of revenue shall provide notification to the registers of deeds, the assistant recorders and the joint committee on revenue that the new surcharge amounts established under Section 1 shall take effect 120 days following the passage of this section. All documents received by the registers of deeds and assistant recorders prior to the effective date shall be subject to the fee surcharge applicable to section 8 of chapter 44B of the General Laws that was in effect prior to that date.