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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

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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 replace the motor vehicle excise tax with a gas tax adjustment.

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PETITION OF:

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act to replace the motor vehicle excise tax with a gas tax adjustment.

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. Chapter 60A of the General Laws is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. Section 3A of said chapter 64A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following paragraph:-

Each municipality shall submit to the department of revenue a comprehensive list of all vehicles registered within its jurisdiction, along with a calculation of the revenue that would have been collected under Chapter 60A had it been in effect. The commissioner shall use this information, in addition to forecasting if necessary, to calculate an adjustment to the tax per gallon necessary to collect the total estimated amount of revenue that would have been collected by all municipalities had the provisions of Chapter 60A been in effect. The commissioner shall then dispense to each municipality the amount that the municipality would have collected had Chapter 60A been in effect.