An Act establishing attainable housing and Chatham elementary school special revenue accounts for the town of Chatham
This bill directs the town of Chatham to create two separate special funds to manage a portion of its room occupancy tax revenue. One fund is designated for developing attainable housing, while the other supports the administration and operation of the Chatham Elementary School. The legislation requires the town to deposit one percent of its annual room occupancy tax collections into each fund, with any interest earned also added to the respective accounts. Town meetings retain the authority to adjust how much money goes into these funds or to end them entirely, at which point remaining balances would move to the town's general fund. Additionally, the town treasurer must publish an annual report detailing the financial activity of both funds for public review.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2023
Committee Review
Dec 2023
House Passage
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Jul 6, 2023
Signed Jun 26, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Jun 26, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 121 of the Acts of 2024
executive
Jun 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Enacted and laid before the Governor
upper
Jun 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Enacted
lower
Jun 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
upper
Dec 18, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third and passed to be engrossed
lower
Dec 7, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
lower
Nov 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
lower
Jul 10, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Jul 6, 2023
Committee
Referred to the committee on Revenue
lower
0 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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