Amendment ID: S2900-9-R1

Redraft Amendment 9

Senior Property Tax Relief

Messrs. Collins and Montigny move that the proposed new draft be amended by inserting the following section:-

“SECTION 2. Clause forty-first C of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- A city, by vote of its council and approval of its mayor, or a town, by vote of town meeting, may adjust the following factors contained in these provisions by: (i) reducing the requisite age of eligibility to any person age 65 years or older; (ii) increasing the sum contained in the first sentence of this clause from $500 to $1500; (iii) increasing the amounts contained in subclause (B) of the first sentence of this clause from $13,000 and $15,000, respectively, to, in both instances, not more than 50 per cent of the area median income as adjusted for household size, as is published annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, as required by section 8 of the Housing Act of 1937, 42 USC Section 1437f, as amended; provided, however, that the relevant year of the calculation shall be the most recent figure available as of July 1 of the start of the fiscal year to which the exemption is sought; (iv) increasing the amounts contained in subclause (C) of the first sentence of this clause from $28,000 dollars to not more than $80,000 and from $30,000 to not more than $110,000; and (v) by further excluding from the determination of whole estate up to 3 dwelling units.”