Section 8. In any city or town in which a program of revaluation of all property therein has been or shall be undertaken and completed in time to be reflected in the assessments for the next succeeding tax year but not insufficient time to permit landowners to make application prior to October first of the pre-tax year for the valuation, assessment and taxation of their lands for the ensuing tax year on the basis of being actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural use, any such application which has been or shall be filed with the board of assessors after October first and not more than thirty days following the mailing of the tax bill containing the new valuation shall be deemed to have been timely made for the tax year of the revaluation program, notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary. If such application is approved and the lands qualify for valuation, assessment and taxation as lands actively devoted to agricultural, horticultural or agricultural and horticultural use in the ensuing tax year, that portion of any tax assessed for such year which is in excess of the tax which would have been assessed on such lands had such application been timely made and approved shall be abated.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 61a - Assessment and Taxation of Agricultural and Horticultural Land
Section 1 - Land in Agricultural Use Defined
Section 2 - Land in Horticultural Use Defined
Section 2a - Land Used to Site Renewable Energy Generating Source
Section 4 - Valuation of Land in Agricultural, Etc. Use; Contiguous Land; Tax Rate
Section 4a - Tax Rate for Land Actively Devoted to Agricultural or Horticultural Use
Section 5 - Contiguous Land Under One Ownership Within More Than One City or Town
Section 6 - Annual Determination of Eligibility for Valuation; Application; Form; Certification
Section 7 - Additional Assessment; Change in Use in Pre-Tax Year Between October 1 and June 30
Section 9 - Allowance or Disallowance of Application for Valuation; Notice; Liens
Section 10 - Factors to Be Considered in Valuing Land
Section 11 - Farmland Valuation Advisory Commission; Expenditures
Section 12 - Sale of Land or Change of Use; Liability for Conveyance Tax; Exemptions
Section 13 - Change of Use; Liability for Roll-Back Taxes
Section 15 - Taxation of Buildings and Land Occupied by Dwelling
Section 18 - Special or Betterment Assessments; Payment; Interest
Section 19 - Roll-Back Taxes; Procedures for Assessment; Appeal to Appellate Tax Board
Section 19a - Sale of Land; Certification of Taxes Paid or Payable
Section 21 - Factual Details on Tax List
Section 22 - Rules and Regulations; Forms and Procedures
Section 23 - Use of Valuation, Etc. Procedures to Evade Taxes; Penalties