HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 504        FILED ON: 1/13/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1608

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Elizabeth A. Poirier

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to exempting farmers’ markets from certain property taxes.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/13/2017

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/24/2017

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/17/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 504        FILED ON: 1/13/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1608

By Mrs. Poirier of North Attleborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1608) of Elizabeth A. Poirier, Susan Williams Gifford and Mathew Muratore for legislation to exempt farmers’ markets from certain property taxes.  Revenue.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2660 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to exempting farmers’ markets from certain property taxes.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 2B of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 19, after the words “and laws”, the following:

provided further, that, subject to section 4 of chapter 4, for the purposes of this section, a farmers’ market, as defined by the Massachusetts department of agricultural resources, shall be considered a public purpose.