MA S1550

Bill

Authorizing voluntary contributions to the Massachusetts Fire Fighters Academy Trust Fund

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to authorize voluntary contributions to the Massachusetts Fire Fighters Academy Trust Fund. Revenue.

AI Summary

This bill authorizes voluntary contributions to the Massachusetts Fire Fighters Academy Trust Fund. Specifically, it allows individuals who file a separate tax return or married couples filing a joint return to contribute all or part of their tax refund, or add an amount to any tax owed, to the Massachusetts Firefighters Academy Trust. The bill requires the state tax commissioner to ensure that taxpayers are made aware of this contribution option when filing their returns, and to report the total amount of contributions annually to the state treasurer, who will then credit the funds to the Massachusetts Firefighters Academy Trust.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (7)

Shawn Dooley (R), Colleen Garry (D), Pat Haddad (D), Eric Lesser (D), Harold Naughton (D), Michael Rodrigues (D), Todd Smola (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2497 (on 04/30/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S1550

(12 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S1550
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S1550.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1642	Relative to artistic contributions	Accompanied a study order, see H4244	Similar To
H3146	To increase contributions to the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund	Accompanied H3160	Similar To
H3317	Increasing citizen participation in elections	Accompanied a study order, see H4244	Similar To
H355	To provide to certain employees of the Commonwealth the right to participate collectively in the political process	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
H367	Relative to campaign finance reform	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
H3822	Further regulating employer contributions to health care	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 63 of the Acts of 2017	Similar To
S1499	Relative to the income tax deduction for charitable giving	Accompanied a study order, see S2497	Similar To
S177	To increase contributions to the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund	Accompanied a study order, see S2486	Similar To
S2497	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Revenue to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to revenue matters	Reported (in part) by S1507	Replaced by
S375	Promoting political participation	Accompanied a study order, see S2399	Similar To
S392	For parity in all organizational and non-individual campaign contributions	Accompanied a study order, see S2399	Similar To
S398	Relative to campaign contribution cycles	Accompanied a study order, see S2399	Similar To

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