HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2442        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2839

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and Smitty Pignatelli

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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 relative to the conservation land tax credit.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/17/2023

Smitty Pignatelli

3rd Berkshire

1/19/2023

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/25/2023

Nicholas A. Boldyga

3rd Hampden

1/26/2023

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/26/2023

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

1/26/2023

Marcus S. Vaughn

9th Norfolk

1/27/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/27/2023

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/27/2023

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/31/2023

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

2/1/2023

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

2/2/2023

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/7/2023

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/9/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/13/2023

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

2/15/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

2/15/2023

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

2/15/2023

Steven George Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/16/2023

Simon Cataldo

14th Middlesex

2/27/2023

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

3/6/2023

Aaron L. Saunders

7th Hampden

3/6/2023

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

4/5/2023

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

4/10/2023

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

5/15/2023

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

9/20/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2442        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2839

By Representatives Jones of North Reading and Pignatelli of Lenox, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2839) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Smitty Pignatelli and others relative to the conservation land tax credit.  Revenue.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to the conservation land tax credit.

 

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. Subsection (p) of section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “amended”, in line 769, the following words:- , or a private nonprofit trust established pursuant to chapter 203 organized for the purposes of land conservation, which is authorized to do business in the commonwealth, and which has tax-exempt status as a nonprofit charitable organization as described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

SECTION 2. Said subsection (p) of said section 6 of said chapter 62, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 835, the figure “$2,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $3,000,000.

SECTION 3. Said subsection (p) of said section 6 of said chapter 62, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 835, the figure “$3,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $4,000,000.

SECTION 4. Said subsection (p) of said section 6 of said chapter 62, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 835, the figure “$4,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $5,000,000.

SECTION 5. Section 38AA of chapter 63, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “amended”, in line 29, the following words:- , or a private nonprofit trust established pursuant to chapter 203 organized for the purposes of land conservation, which is authorized to do business in the commonwealth, and which has tax-exempt status as a nonprofit charitable organization as described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

SECTION 6. Said section 38AA of said chapter 63, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 88, the figure “$2,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $3,000,000.

SECTION 7. Said section 38AA of said chapter 63, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 88, the figure “$3,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $4,000,000.

SECTION 8. Said section 38AA of said chapter 63, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 88, the figure “$4,000,000. ” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$5,000,000”

SECTION 9. Sections 2 and 6 shall take effect on January 1, 2024.

SECTION 10. Sections 3 and 7 shall take effect on January 1, 2025.

SECTION 11. Sections 4 and 8 shall take effect on January 1, 2026.

SECTION 12. Sections 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 of this act shall expire on December 31, 2034.