{"AmendmentNumber":"305","ParentBillNumber":"S3064","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"MDS1","Name":"Mark D. Sylvia","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/MDS1","ResponseDate":"2026-06-16T12:41:09.7"},"Category":null,"Action":"Consolidated","RollCall":[],"Title":" Renewable Energy Development on Certain Chapter 61A Land","Branch":"House","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Mr. Sylvia of Fairhaven moves to amend the bill by inserting after section 32 the following section:-\r\n“SECTION 32A. Section 17 of said chapter 61A, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-\r\nNotwithstanding the previous paragraph, if the portion of land is contiguous land not actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural uses and is so separated to serve as the site of a renewable energy generating source, as defined in subsection (b) of section 11F of chapter 25A, the separated land shall not be subject to the option to purchase under section 14 and liability for conveyance or roll-back taxes otherwise applicable at such time. Such separated land shall instead be subject to liability for 50 per cent of such otherwise applicable roll-back taxes, which shall be due and payable at the time it commences serving as the site of a renewable energy generating source. If the use of the separated land as a renewable energy generating source permanently ceases, or does not commence, and the separated land is sold for or converted to a use other than agricultural or horticultural, the separated land shall become subject to the option to purchase and conveyance or roll-back taxes shall be assessed for the balance of the amount that would have been assessed at the time of the separation. The separated land subject to this paragraph shall not exceed 10 per cent of the land valued, assessed and taxed under this chapter from which it was separated and not greater in total than 15 acres of the contiguous portion of such land not actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural uses.”.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n"}