MA H2507

Bill

Relative to open spaces and tax incentives

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to providing incentives for businesses to remove billboards, signs, and other advertising devices. Revenue.

AI Summary

This bill aims to provide tax incentives for businesses to remove billboards, signs, and other advertising devices that detract from or prohibit the full utilization of open spaces. It establishes a Massachusetts Open Space Protection Tax Credit, which allows businesses that agree to remove a billboard to claim a credit of up to 75% of the costs associated with the removal, as well as up to 50% of the estimated net earnings lost due to the removal, with a maximum credit of $50,000 per business per fiscal year. The bill also imposes restrictions on the placement of billboards, such as requiring them to be located at least 500 feet away from public parks or reservations and limiting the number of billboards a single person can receive permits for.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (2)

Daniel Cullinane (D), Dan Hunt (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5040 (on 10/15/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2507

(12 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2507
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2507.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2389	Relative to increasing disability ratings for veterans	Accompanied a study order, see H5128	Similar To
H2503	Relative to the tax exemption status of municipal employee pensions	Accompanied a study order, see H5128	Similar To
H2541	To exempt certain veterans from the state tax	Accompanied a study order, see H5128	Similar To
H2594	Providing for prisoners of war	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2602	Providing for a certain real property tax exemption	Accompanied a study order, see H5080	Similar To
H2622	Clarifying the limited exemption from taxation of certain facilities for the treatment of committed mentally ill patients	Accompanied a study order, see H5080	Similar To
H2629	Relative to the film tax credit	Accompanied a study order, see H5080	Similar To
H5040	Study Order - Property Taxes	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
S1616	Eliminating telecommunications tax exemptions	Accompanied a study order, see H5080	Similar To
S1759	Relative to the taxation of rolling stock	Accompanied H2517	Similar To
S1763	Relative to clarifying property tax exemptions for solar and wind systems	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S1792	Relative to exemptions from taxation of structures and buildings essential to the operation of agricultural and horticultural lands	Accompanied a study order, see H5080	Similar To

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