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House 4104 - Petition of Martha M. Walz (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Boston be authorized to grant a real estate tax exemptionfor residents of coop erative housing units.

Bill Status

  • Session: 185th General Court
  • Bill Status: 06/20/08 G Signed by the Lieutenant-Governor, Acting Governor, Chapter 145 of the Acts of 2008

Sponsor:

  • Martha M. Walz

All Bill Actions

  • 06/19/07 H Referred to the committee on Revenue -HJ 477
  • 06/21/07 S Senate concurred -SJ 504
  • Public Hearing date Oct 9 am at 10:00 in Room A-1
  • 03/10/08 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 1134
  • 04/09/08 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 1237
  • 04/10/08 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1241
  • 05/19/08 H Read third and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1484
  • 05/21/08 S Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session -SJ 1594
  • 06/05/08 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 06/05/08 S Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed -SJ 1872
  • 06/09/08 H Enacted -HJ 1561
  • 06/11/08 S Enacted and laid before the Governor -SJ 1887
  • 06/20/08 G Signed by the Lieutenant-Governor, Acting Governor, Chapter 145 of the Acts of 2008

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Bills are the most common form of proposals for laws. In order to become a law, a bill must be approved by a majority vote in both the House and the Senate, and then must be approved by the Governor.