Amendment #1 to H4278

Veterans Excise Tax Exemption

Ms. DiZoglio of Methuen moves to amend the bill by adding the following:       

SECTION XXXX.

Section 1 of chapter 60A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the eighth paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:—

The excise imposed by this chapter shall not apply to a motor vehicle owned and registered by or leased to a resident who is in active and full-time military service as a member in the armed forces of the United States or the national guard, army or air, of any state, and has been deployed or stationed outside the territorial boundaries of the commonwealth for a period of at least 45 days in the calendar year of the exemption. If the military member is wounded or killed in an armed conflict, he shall not be subject to the foregoing period of service qualification for the calendar year in which he is wounded or killed. This exemption shall apply only to a motor vehicle owned and registered by or leased to a military member in his own name or jointly with a spouse for a non-commercial purpose and a military member may qualify for this exemption for only 1 motor vehicle for each calendar year.