Bill > H2436

This bill proposes to amend Section 4 of Chapter 61A of the general laws, which deals with the valuation of farm land for tax purposes. The key provision is that an owner who possesses two or more separate parcels of land, each not necessarily adjacent to the others (non-contiguous), but collectively totaling at least five acres within the Commonwealth, will be eligible for the same tax benefits as if all their land was in one continuous piece. This change aims to provide tax relief to farmers who own scattered plots of land, recognizing that their total acreage, even if not connected, still constitutes a farming operation.