Amendment #7 to H4397

Tax Rate Change

Representatives Jones of North Reading, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough, Gifford of Wareham, Frost of Auburn and Smola of Warren move to amend the bill by inserting the following new section:-

"SECTION XX. Section 23 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-

No city, town or district tax rate for any fiscal year shall be changed after it has been approved by the commissioner and returned to the assessors; provided, however, that the commissioner may approve a revised rate if (i) there was a material understatement or overstatement in the returned rate due to an unintentional, inadvertent or other good faith omission or error by city, town or district officials in reporting the rate, and (ii) the tax bills for the year have not been sent."