HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2851 FILED ON: 1/17/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2508
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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 | 1/17/2019 |
Paul A. Schmid, III | 8th Bristol | 1/23/2019 |
Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk | 1/23/2019 |
David F. DeCoste | 5th Plymouth | 2/1/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2851 FILED ON: 1/17/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2508
By Mr. Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2508) of Daniel J. Hunt and others relative to exempting certain veterans’ organizations from state and local meals tax. Revenue. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3625 OF 2017-2018.]
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 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.