HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2870        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2961

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

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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 empower municipal appropriating authorities the ability to exempt annual debt and interest charges from the Regional Vocational Technical School District from its levy limit.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

2/17/2021

Norman J. Orrall

12th Bristol

2/26/2021

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

3/24/2021

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

4/7/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2870        FILED ON: 2/18/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2961

By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2961) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others for legislation to empower municipal appropriating authorities the ability to exempt annual debt and interest charges from regional vocational technical school districts from its tax levy limit.  Revenue.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act to empower municipal appropriating authorities the ability to exempt annual debt and interest charges from the Regional Vocational Technical School District from its levy limit.

 

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 21C of Chapter 59 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after subsection (n) the following:-

(o) The local appropriating authority may, by accepting this paragraph, provide that taxes may thereafter be assessed in excess of the amount otherwise allowed by this section, solely for payment, in whole or in part, of the Regional Vocational school debt service charges that the school board responsible for determining the debt service charges certifies were not in fiscal year two thousand and twenty paid by local taxes.