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Airport operators ask Legislature to exempt privately owned runways, taxiways from local property tax
Summary
The Massachusetts Airport Management Association urged the Joint Committee on Revenue to support H.3125, which would remove local property taxes on aviation infrastructure at ten privately owned public‑use airports while leaving non‑aviation land taxable, citing economic fairness and community services.
Tom Hurley, executive director of the Massachusetts Airport Management Association, told the Joint Committee on Revenue that H.3125 would remove property taxes on aviation infrastructure — specifically runways and taxiways — at privately owned public‑use airports while leaving non‑aviation portions of those properties subject to local taxation.
"This bill would eliminate the property taxes on those portions of those…
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