Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-61

OTH 61

Exempting Farmers’ Markets from Certain Property Taxes

Messrs. Ross, Tarr, Hedlund and Humason moved that the proposed new text be amended moved that the bill be amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new section:-

“SECTION XX. Section 2B of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 18, 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.”