HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 352 FILED ON: 1/10/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2489 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Cory Atkins _______________ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled: The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying: An Act relative to the sales tax.. _______________ PETITION OF: Name: | District/Address: | Cory Atkins | 14th Middlesex | Denise Andrews | 2nd Franklin | Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | Jason M. Lewis | 31st Middlesex |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 352 FILED ON: 1/10/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2489 By Ms. Atkins of Concord, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2489) of Cory Atkins and others relative to the sales tax on certain food products. Revenue. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE
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, NO. 2494 OF 2011-2012.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to the sales tax..
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. Subsection (h) of section 6 of chapter 64H of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence:- “Food products” does not include limited nutritional items sold in all retail stores.
SECTION 2. Said chapter 64H is hereby further amended by inserting after section 6 the following section:-
Section 6A. Under the provisions of this chapter, a sales tax shall be imposed on the sale in any retail store of any food product that has limited nutritional value. |
