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Home My WebLink AboutTax Deferral and Exemption Study Committee - TDES - Charge - January 2006 ğǣ5ĻŅĻƩƩğƌğƓķ9ǣĻƒƦƷźƚƓ{ƷǒķǤ/ƚƒƒźƷƷĻĻ Members:Five AppointedBy:BoardofSelectmen LengthofTerm:2years Appointments:AnnuallyΑSeptember Liaisons:BoardofAssessors,CouncilonAging,CommissiononDisability,Appropriations Staff:AssistantTownManagerforFinanceordesignee MeetingTimes:Quarterlyorasneeded /ƩźƷĻƩźğŅƚƩaĻƒĬĻƩƭŷźƦʹCitizenswithaninterestinpropertytaxequityissues 5ĻƭĭƩźƦƷźƚƓʹTheTaxDeferralandExemptionStudyCommitteeischargedtoreviewand recommendtotheBoardofSelectmenoptionsforthedeferralorexemptionoflocalproperty taxesunderexistingstatelaw,orbyhomerulepetitionforaspecialactofthestatelegislature, thatmightenhanceormakeaccessiblethepropertytaxreliefcurrentlyavailabletoelderly, lowincome,disabledorotherwisedeservingresidents.Optionsforconsiderationinclude,but arenotlimitedto: AdjustingthetermsoftaxdeferralsavailabletoseniorcitizensunderG.L.c.59,5,Clause o 41A; AdjustingthetermsoftaxexemptionsavailabletoseniorcitizensunderG.L.c.59,5, o Clause41C; PublicizingtheMassachusettsSeniorCircuitBreakerTaxCreditProgram,and; o Adoptingotherprovisionsforexemptionsorotherformsoftaxreliefthatarenow,or o maybecome,availableunderstatelaw. Selectmenandothercommitteeswhenpropertytaxissuesarebeing Providinginputto o examined. {ƦĻĭźğƌtƩƚƆĻĭƷƚƩƉʹ TheTaxDeferralandExemptionStudyCommitteewillbeaskedtocoordinatewithinterested groupsandTownDepartmentstooutreachtotargetpopulations,tomarketexistingprograms andservices. tƩźƚƩƷƚƭĻƩǝźƓŭğƭğƒĻƒĬĻƩƚŅƷŷźƭĭƚƒƒźƷƷĻĻͲğƦƦƚźƓƷĻĻƭğƩĻƩĻƨǒźƩĻķƷƚʹ 1.AcknowledgereceiptoftheSummaryoftheConflictofInterestStatute.Further,to continuetoserveontheCommitteethemembermustacknowledgeannuallyreceiptof thesummaryoftheConflictofInterestStatute.Saidsummarywillbeprovidedbyand acknowledgedbytheTownClerk. 2.ProvideevidencetotheTownClerkthattheappointeehascompletedtheonline trainingrequirementrequiredbytheConflictofInterestStatute.Further,tocontinueto serveonthecommittee,themembermustacknowledgeeverytwoyearscompletionof theonlinetrainingrequirement. Ref:RevisedchargeadoptedbySelectmenMarch8,2004 SelectmendesignatedasSpecialMunicipalEmployeesonJanuary18,2006