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<br />ğǣ5ĻŅĻƩƩğƌğƓķ9ǣĻƒƦƷźƚƓ{ƷǒķǤ/ƚƒƒźƷƷĻĻ <br />Members:Five <br />AppointedBy:BoardofSelectmen <br />LengthofTerm:2years <br />Appointments:AnnuallyΑSeptember <br />Liaisons:BoardofAssessors,CouncilonAging,CommissiononDisability,Appropriations <br />Staff:AssistantTownManagerforFinanceordesignee <br />MeetingTimes:Quarterlyorasneeded <br />/ƩźƷĻƩźğŅƚƩaĻƒĬĻƩƭŷźƦʹCitizenswithaninterestinpropertytaxequityissues <br />5ĻƭĭƩźƦƷźƚƓʹTheTaxDeferralandExemptionStudyCommitteeischargedtoreviewand <br />recommendtotheBoardofSelectmenoptionsforthedeferralorexemptionoflocalproperty <br />taxesunderexistingstatelaw,orbyhomerulepetitionforaspecialactofthestatelegislature, <br />thatmightenhanceormakeaccessiblethepropertytaxreliefcurrentlyavailabletoelderly, <br />lowincome,disabledorotherwisedeservingresidents.Optionsforconsiderationinclude,but <br />arenotlimitedto: <br />AdjustingthetermsoftaxdeferralsavailabletoseniorcitizensunderG.L.c.59,5,Clause <br />o <br />41A; <br />AdjustingthetermsoftaxexemptionsavailabletoseniorcitizensunderG.L.c.59,5, <br />o <br />Clause41C; <br />PublicizingtheMassachusettsSeniorCircuitBreakerTaxCreditProgram,and; <br />o <br />Adoptingotherprovisionsforexemptionsorotherformsoftaxreliefthatarenow,or <br />o <br />maybecome,availableunderstatelaw. <br />Selectmenandothercommitteeswhenpropertytaxissuesarebeing <br />Providinginputto <br />o <br />examined. <br />{ƦĻĭźğƌtƩƚƆĻĭƷ‘ƚƩƉʹ <br />TheTaxDeferralandExemptionStudyCommitteewillbeaskedtocoordinatewithinterested <br />groupsandTownDepartmentstooutreachtotargetpopulations,tomarketexistingprograms <br />andservices. <br />tƩźƚƩƷƚƭĻƩǝźƓŭğƭğƒĻƒĬĻƩƚŅƷŷźƭĭƚƒƒźƷƷĻĻͲğƦƦƚźƓƷĻĻƭğƩĻƩĻƨǒźƩĻķƷƚʹ <br />1.AcknowledgereceiptoftheSummaryoftheConflictofInterestStatute.Further,to <br />continuetoserveontheCommitteethemembermustacknowledgeannuallyreceiptof <br />thesummaryoftheConflictofInterestStatute.Saidsummarywillbeprovidedbyand <br />acknowledgedbytheTownClerk. <br />2.ProvideevidencetotheTownClerkthattheappointeehascompletedtheonline <br />trainingrequirementrequiredbytheConflictofInterestStatute.Further,tocontinueto <br /> <br />