Amendment #10 to S2509

Technical correction to existing indexing provisions

Mr. Kaufman of Lexington moves to amend the bill by inserting after section 8, the following sections:

“SECTION 8X. Said section 5 of said chapter 59, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after clause Seventeenth E the following clause:- Seventeenth F, Notwithstanding any provision of general or special law to the contrary, an abatement granted pursuant to clause Seventeenth, Seventeenth C, Seventeenth C 1/2 or Seventeenth D may be increased annually in the discretion of a city or town by an amount not to exceed the increase in the cost of living as determined by the Consumer Price Index for such year. This clause shall take effect in a city or town upon its acceptance by such city or town.

SECTION 8X. Clause Fifty-fifth of said section 5 of said chapter 59, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph.”