SECTION 1. Chapter 128 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 1A the following section:-
Section 1B. “Farmers Market” shall mean a public market or public market place located in a city or town that operates or occurs more than once per year for the primary purpose for Massachusetts farmers, from more than 1 farm, to vend food, crops and other farm related items that they have produced directly to the public.
A public market or public market place used by farmers that is established by a municipality under section 10 of chapter 40, or operates on department of conservation and recreation land by special permit under section 2F of chapter 132A, shall be deemed under this definition as a “Farmers Market”.
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