JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Goods sold at farmers markets would be exempt from sales taxes under a bill passed by the Missouri Senate despite a gubernatorial veto.
Senators voted 27-3 in favor of the bill during a veto override session that continued late into Wednesday night.
The measure now moves to the House, where a two-thirds majority vote is needed to finalize the veto override.
If the veto override succeeds, sales tax would not be charged on farm products sold at farmers markets.
Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed the bill earlier this year along with several others granting business tax breaks that he said would hurt the state budget. Nixon said the farmers market provision could reduce state and local revenues by $300,000 each annually.
Farmers market bill is SB727.
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Senate: www.senate.mo.gov