AN ACT AMENDING THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON'S MEANS TESTED SENIOR CITIZEN PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 285 of the acts of 2020 is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The total amount exempted by this act shall be: (i) allocated proportionally within the tax levy on all residential taxpayers while not exceeding 1 per cent of the town’s tax levy; or (ii) funded by an appropriation or transfer from existing funds while not exceeding 1 per cent of the town's tax levy; provided, however, that the town shall have declared an overlay surplus pursuant to section 25 of chapter 59 of the General Laws prior to implementing clause (ii).
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved, October 1, 2026.