Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-53

OTH 53

Exempting Farmers’ Markets from Certain Property Taxes

Mr. Ross, Ms. Gobi, Messrs. deMacedo, Tarr and Fattman moved that the proposed new text 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 2010 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.”