HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2510 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2894
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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.