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H4051 • 2025

An Act relative to establishing a municipal tax assessment increase limit

An Act relative to establishing a municipal tax assessment increase limit

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Sponsor
Rita A. Mendes
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5195
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to establishing a municipal tax assessment increase limit

An Act relative to establishing a municipal tax assessment increase limit By Representative Mendes of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to establishing a municipal tax assessment increase limit By Representative Mendes of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4051) of Rita A.
  • Mendes for legislation to establish a municipal tax assessment increase limit.
  • Revenue.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5195

  2. 2025-10-28 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/07/2025 from 10:00 AM-02:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  3. 2025-07-14 Joint

    Hearing canceled – new hearing TBD

  4. 2025-07-11 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  5. 2025-04-24 Senate

    Senate concurred

  6. 2025-04-22 House

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to establishing a municipal tax assessment increase limit
By Representative Mendes of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4051) of Rita A. Mendes for legislation to establish a municipal tax assessment increase limit. Revenue.

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Bill H.4051

Section 56 of chapter 40 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following 2 paragraphs:-

A city or town shall have discretionary authority to determine: (i) the residential tax rate factor shift and portion of tax levy to be paid by commercial, industrial and personal property classes without being bound by the commissioner of revenue pursuant to section 1A of chapter 58; and (ii) if properties should be subject to higher taxation that are registered as derelict or abandoned residential, commercial or industrial property for a period of at least 5 years.

A city or town may apply for hardship to the commissioner of revenue to cover the tax levy for any shortfall of property tax revenue collected during periods when the commissioner has collected a tax surplus. The amount to be applied for cannot exceed 5 per cent of the total tax levy amount of any city or town applying.

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