Amendment ID: S2124-8

Amendment 8

Property Tax Exemption for Persons with Disabilities

Ms. Lovely and Mr. Timilty move to amend the bill in section 1, in line 3, by striking the words “or Sixtieth” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , Sixtieth or Sixty-first.

And moves to further amend the bill in section 5, in line 43, by striking the number “2” and inserting in place thereof the following :- 3.

And moves to further amend the bill in section 5, by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:-

Sixty-first, Real property, to the amount of $4,000 of the taxable valuation of that property, or the sum of $500, whichever would result in an abatement of the greater amount of actual taxes due, of a person who is eligible under Title II or Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act for benefits to the disabled and is a legal resident of the commonwealth, whether that property is owned by that person separately or jointly or as a tenant in common, if that property is occupied by that person as the person’s domicile. Such property shall not be exempt if it was conveyed to the eligible individual to evade taxation. This clause shall take effect upon its acceptance by a city or town.

And moves to further amend the bill in section 6, in line 60, by striking the words “or Sixtieth” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , Sixtieth or Sixty-first.