Bill > HB2578

This bill provides a sales tax exemption for sales of farm products sold at farmers' markets. The key provisions are: 1) The bill amends the existing sales tax exemptions statute to add an exemption for "all sales of farm products sold at a farmers' market." 2) "Farm products" is defined to include a wide range of agricultural commodities, both unprocessed and minimally processed, that are sold directly by farmers to consumers at farmers' markets. 3) "Farmers' market" is defined as a common marketplace operated by individual farmers, cooperatives, or nonprofits, where the sole intent is to generate household income for the participating farmers through direct sales to consumers. 4) The bill also repeals the existing sales tax exemption statute, and states that the act shall take effect upon its publication in the statute book.