By Mr. Schmid of Westport, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3348) of Paul A. Schmid, III and others for legislation to provide a tax deduction for charitable donations of food by farmers. Revenue.
By Representative Peake of Provincetown and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2637) of Sarah K. Peake and Julian Cyr (by vote of the town) that the town of Provincetown be authorized to impose a room occupancy excise tax on vacation rental properties in said town. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]
By Ms. Ferrante of Gloucester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2590) of Ann-Margaret Ferrante and others for legislation to establish an artist workspace tax credit. Revenue.
By Ms. Peake of Provincetown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2644) of Sarah K. Peake and others for legislation to establish a special events marketing program within the Office of Travel and Tourism funded by additional assessments on meals and room occupancy taxes. Revenue.
By Representative Peake of Provincetown and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2641) of Sarah K. Peake and Julian Cyr (by vote of the town) that the town of Wellfleet be authorized to establish a room occupancy tax on vacation rentals. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]
By Mr. Hunt of Sandwich, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1540) of Randy Hunt and others for legislation to promote energy efficiency by exempting certain equipment from the sales tax and exempting certain public construction projects from labor laws. Revenue.
By Representative Honan of Boston and Senator Forry, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1536) of Kevin G. Honan, Linda Dorcena Forry and others relative to low-income housing tax credits. Revenue.
By Mr. Cutler of Duxbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1501) of Josh S. Cutler and others relative to closing off-shore tax haven loopholes. Revenue.
By Mr. Walsh of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1642) of Chris Walsh and others relative to income tax deductions for certain artistic contributions. Revenue.
By Mr. Kocot of Northampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2612) of Peter V. Kocot and others relative to providing tax incentives for the installation of fire sprinklers. Revenue.
