[Added 5-22-2025 ATM, by Art. 28]
The Town currently allows a limited property tax exemption for homeowners over age 65 so long as their income and assets are below certain levels. The statutory basis for this exemption is called 41C; the statutory reference is MGL c. 59, section 5, Clause Forty-first C. The statute allows these eligibility requirements and the amount of the exemption to be expanded by vote of Town Meeting, within limits set out in the statute. At the 2024 Annual Town Meeting, voters authorized the Select Board to file a home rule petition allowing the Town to lower the age eligibility for this property tax exemption below the age of 65. That home rule petition was approved on January 6, 2025.
The Select Board unanimously recommends adoption of this article.
Proceeding: The Chair of the Select Board moved, and it was seconded to accept this article to reduce the age of eligibility from 65 to 60 to receive a senior citizen property tax exemption. Hearing no further discussion the Moderator declared Article 28 passed by majority voice vote.