Amendment #171 to H4100

Sales Tax Rollback

Representatives Jones of North Reading, Peterson of Grafton, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough, deMacedo of Plymouth, Adams of Andover, Barrows of Mansfield, Bastien of Gardner, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Boldyga of Southwick, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, Diehl of Whitman, Durant of Spencer, Fattman of Sutton, Ferguson of Holden, Frost of Auburn, Gifford of Wareham, Harrington of Groton, Howitt of Seekonk, Humason of Westfield, Hunt of Sandwich, Kuros of Uxbridge, Levy of Marlborough, Lombardo of Billerica, Lyons of Andover, O'Connell of Taunton, Orrall of Lakeville, Ross of Attleboro, Smola of Palmer, Vieira of Falmouth, Webster of Pembroke, Winslow of Norfolk and Wong of Saugus move to amend the bill by inserting, after section XX, the following sections:—

“SECTION AA. Section 2 of chapter 64H of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the words “6.25 per cent” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 5.833 per cent.

SECTION BB. Section 2 of said chapter 64H of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “5.833 per cent” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 5.417 per cent.

SECTION CC. Section 2 of said chapter 64H of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “5.417 per cent” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 5 per cent.

SECTION DD. Section 30A of chapter 64H is hereby amended by striking out, in each instance in which it appears, the word “6.25” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- 5.833.

SECTION EE. Section 30A of said chapter 64H, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in each instance in which it appears, the figure “5.833” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- 5.417.

SECTION FF. Section 30A of said chapter 64H, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in each instance in which it appears, the figure “5.417” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- 5.

SECTION GG. Section 2 of chapter 64I of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the words “6.25 per cent” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 5.833 per cent.

SECTION HH. Section 2 of said chapter 64I of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “5.833 per cent” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 5.417  per cent.

SECTION II. Section 2 of said chapter 64I of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “5.417  per cent” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 5  per cent.

SECTION JJ.  Section 31A of chapter 64I  is hereby amended by striking out, in each instance in which it appears, the figure “6.25” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- 5.833.

SECTION KK. Section 31A of said chapter 64I, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in each instance in which it appears, the figure “5.833” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- 5.417.

SECTION LL.  Section 31A of said chapter 64I, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in each instance in which it appears, the figure “5.417” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- 5.

; and further, by inserting after SECTION XX, the following sections:

SECTION XX. Sections AA, DD, GG, and JJ, inclusive, of this act shall be effective on July 1, 2013.

SECTION XX. Sections BB, EE, HH, and KK, inclusive, of this act shall be effective on July 1, 2014.

SECTION XX.  Sections CC, FF, II, and LL, inclusive, of this act shall be effective on July 1, 2015.”.