Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-33

OTH 33

Exempting Farmers Markets from Property Taxes

Mr. Ross, Ms. Gobi, Messrs. Tarr and Fattman moved that the proposed new text be amended By inserting, after section __, the following new section:-

“Section __. Section 2B of chapter 59, as appearing in the 2014 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.”