HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2510        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2894

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Samantha Montaño

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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 providing for climate change adaptation infrastructure and affordable housing investments in the Commonwealth.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

1/11/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/31/2023

Steven Owens

29th Middlesex

1/31/2023

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/31/2023

Simon Cataldo

14th Middlesex

2/2/2023

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

2/2/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/2/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/7/2023

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

2/7/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/13/2023

Rob Consalvo

14th Suffolk

2/13/2023

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

2/13/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

2/13/2023

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

3/14/2023

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

3/14/2023

Michael J. Finn

6th Hampden

3/14/2023

Gerard J. Cassidy

9th Plymouth

3/14/2023

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

3/14/2023

John J. Cronin

Worcester and Middlesex

3/14/2023

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

3/14/2023

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

3/14/2023

Edward R. Philips

8th Norfolk

3/16/2023

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

3/16/2023

Lydia Edwards

Third Suffolk

3/31/2023

Peter Capano

11th Essex

5/3/2023

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

5/25/2023

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

7/11/2023

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

7/11/2023

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

7/11/2023

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

7/11/2023

Judith A. Garcia

11th Suffolk

7/11/2023

Manny Cruz

7th Essex

2/7/2024

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

2/7/2024


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2510        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2894

By Representative Montaño of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2894) of Samantha Montaño and others for legislation to increase the deeds excise to fund emergency assistance needs of certain low income tenants and homeowners.  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 providing for climate change adaptation infrastructure and affordable housing investments in the Commonwealth.

 

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 1 of chapter 64D of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the words “two dollars” each time they appear and inserting in place thereof the following words:- two dollars and twenty eight cents, plus an additional and separate fee of one dollar and fourteen cents that shall be deposited into the Global Warming Solutions Trust Fund established by section 35GGG of chapter 10, plus an additional and separate fee of sixty-eight cents that shall be deposited into the Affordable Housing Trust Fund as established by section 2 of chapter 121D, plus an additional and separate fee of forty-six cents that shall be deposited into the Housing Preservation and Stabilization Trust Fund as established by section 60 of chapter 121B; provided, however, that all monies deposited in the Global Warming Solutions Trust in accordance with this section shall support the planning and implementation of policy recommendations required in each of the Commonwealth’s Clean Energy and Climate plans pursuant to Sections 5, or development and initiation of programs required in Section 6, of Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2021; provided, further, that  priority shall be given to investments in environmental justice populations as defined in Section 62 of Chapter 30

SECTION 2. Said section 1 of said chapter 64D, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 15, the words “one dollar and fifty cents” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- one dollar and seventy-one cents, plus an additional and separate fee of eighty-six cents that shall be deposited into the Global Warming Solutions Trust Fund established by said section 35GGG of said chapter 10, plus an additional and separate fee of fifty-one cents that shall be deposited into the Affordable Housing Trust Fund as established by section 2 of chapter 121D, plus an additional and separate fee of thirty-four cents that shall be deposited into the Housing Preservation and Stabilization Trust Fund as established by section 60 of chapter 121B; provided, however, that all monies deposited in the Global Warming Solutions Trust in accordance with this section shall support the planning and implementation of policy recommendations required in each of the Commonwealth’s Clean Energy and Climate plans pursuant to Sections 5, and development and initiation of programs required in Section 6, of Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2021; provided further, that priority shall be given to investments in environmental justice populations as defined in Section 62 of Chapter 30. 

SECTION 3. Said section 1 of said chapter 64D, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 20, the words “in said Funds” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- received pursuant to this chapter, except for the monies collected and deposited in the Global Warming Solutions Trust Fund established by said section 35GGG of chapter 10, the Affordable Housing Trust Fund established by section 2 of chapter 121D, and the Housing Preservation and Stabilization Trust Fund established by section 60 of chapter 121B.

SECTION 4. Section 10 of said chapter 64D, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “commonwealth,” in line 2, the following words:- except for the monies collected and deposited into the separate funds as required by this chapter. 

SECTION 5. Section 23 of chapter 546 of the acts of 1969 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 6.  Notwithstanding any provision of this act or any general or special law to the contrary, for two years after the passage of this act, the commonwealth may utilize funds generated hereunder and allocated to either the Affordable Housing Trust Fund or the Housing Preservation and Stabilization Trust Fund to meet the emergency assistance needs of tenants and homeowners of very low income or extremely low income, as those terms are defined in chapter 40T of the general laws, resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and related unemployment and economic dislocation.  

SECTION 7. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2024.