SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1709        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 16

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jason M. Lewis

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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 proposal for constitutional amendment:

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to provide resources for education and transportation through an additional tax on incomes in excess of one million dollars.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

 

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/22/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/22/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

1/22/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/23/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/23/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/24/2019

Joseph A. Boncore

First Suffolk and Middlesex

1/24/2019

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

1/25/2019

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

1/25/2019

James T. Welch

Hampden

1/28/2019

Harriette L. Chandler

First Worcester

1/28/2019

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

1/28/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

1/28/2019

Edward J. Kennedy

First Middlesex

1/29/2019

Sonia Chang-Diaz

Second Suffolk

1/29/2019

William N. Brownsberger

Second Suffolk and Middlesex

1/29/2019

Cynthia Stone Creem

First Middlesex and Norfolk

2/8/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/29/2019

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

1/29/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/29/2019

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

1/30/2019

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

1/30/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

1/30/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Adam G. Hinds

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden

1/30/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/31/2019

Cindy F. Friedman

Fourth Middlesex

1/31/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

1/31/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

1/31/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/31/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

1/31/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

1/31/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/1/2019

Eric P. Lesser

First Hampden and Hampshire

2/1/2019

Joan B. Lovely

Second Essex

2/1/2019

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

2/1/2019

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

2/1/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/1/2019

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

2/4/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/28/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

4/8/2019

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

4/8/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1709        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 16

By Mr. Lewis, a petition (accompanied by proposal for constitutional amendment, Senate, No. 16) of Jason M. Lewis, Mike Connolly, Jack Patrick Lewis, Julian Cyr and other members of the General Court for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to provide resources for education and transportation through an additional tax on incomes in excess of one million dollars.  Revenue.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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

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Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to provide resources for education and transportation through an additional tax on incomes in excess of one million dollars.

 

A majority of all the members elected to the Senate and House of Representatives, in joint session, hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the adoption of the following Article of Amendment, to the end that it may become a part of the Constitution [if similarly agreed to in a joint session of the next General Court and approved by the people at the state election next following]:
 

ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
 

Article 44 of the Massachusetts Constitution is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph at the end thereof:-

To provide the resources for quality public education and affordable public colleges and universities, and for the repair and maintenance of roads, bridges and public transportation, all revenues received in accordance with this paragraph shall be expended, subject to appropriation, only for these purposes. In addition to the taxes on income otherwise authorized under this Article, there shall be an additional tax of 4 percent on that portion of annual taxable income in excess of $1,000,000 (one million dollars) reported on any return related to those taxes. To ensure that this additional tax continues to apply only to the commonwealth’s highest income taxpayers, this $1,000,000 (one million dollars) income level shall be adjusted annually to reflect any increases in the cost of living by the same method used for federal income tax brackets. This paragraph shall apply to all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023.