HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1855        FILED ON: 2/12/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3029

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Norman J. Orrall

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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 protect senior independence.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Norman J. Orrall

12th Bristol

2/12/2021

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

2/23/2021

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/23/2021

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

2/23/2021

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

2/23/2021

Steven G. Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/23/2021

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

2/24/2021

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

2/24/2021

Michael P. Kushmerek

3rd Worcester

2/25/2021

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/25/2021

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

2/25/2021

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

2/26/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1855        FILED ON: 2/12/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3029

By Mr. Orrall of Lakeville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3029) of Norman J. Orrall and others relative to property tax relief for persons seventy-five years or older.  Revenue.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2586 OF 2019-2020.]

 

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 protect senior independence.

 

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 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new clause:-

Fifty-ninth. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general or special law to the contrary, the Board of Assessors, in any town or city in the commonwealth, may develop a process which will allow property owners, 75 years of age and older, to have their real estate property taxes limited to that annual amount which was levied in the year in which they turned 75 or in that year in which this act shall take effect, whichever comes later, provided that such real estate is owned and occupied by such older person, and provided further, that no real estate shall be so exempt which the assessors shall adjudge has been conveyed to such older person to evade taxation.