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2009 SESSION
SB 363 Automatic sprinkler systems; tax credit for initial installation.
Introduced by: John C. Watkins | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Installation of automatic sprinkler systems; tax credit for initial installation. Requires that all buildings that (i) are more than 75 feet high or more than six stories high, (ii) are being used to house individuals or to provide guest rooms for occupancy, and (iii) are not equipped with an automatic sprinkler system would be equipped with an automatic sprinkler system by December 31, 2017. The Board of Housing and Community Development would be required to promulgate regulations establishing standards for the automatic sprinkler system. The bill also would make available to the owners of such building an income tax credit equal to 45% of the total amount paid by the owner for the initial installation of the sprinkler system. The tax credit could be carried forward for 10 years.
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HISTORY
- 01/08/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 082853744
- 01/08/08 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/23/08 Senate: Continued to 2009 in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
- 12/05/08 Senate: Left in General Laws and Technology