Amendment ID: S3029-31-R1

Redraft Amendment 31

Streamlining Farm Land Registry Administration

Ms. Lovely and Mr. Mark move that the proposed new draft be amended in section 11, by striking out in lines 214 to 218, inclusive, the words:- “agricultural resources shall, in consultation with the department of revenue, shall establish and maintain a central registry of all agricultural and horticultural land in the commonwealth. The department of agricultural resources shall update the registry on a biennial basis or at such other frequency as determined by the commissioner of the department of agricultural resources, whichever is more frequent. The commissioner of agriculture” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “revenue, in consultation with the department of agricultural resources, shall establish and maintain a central registry of all agricultural land in the commonwealth. The department of revenue shall update the registry on a biennial basis or at such other frequency as determined by the commissioner of revenue, whichever is more frequent. The commissioner of revenue”.