JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Products sold at farmers markets will be exempt from sales taxes as a result of a veto override by the Missouri Legislature.
The House voted 110-48 Thursday to override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of the legislation. The Senate had adopted the veto override by a 27-3 vote on Wednesday.
The measure means that sales tax will not be charged on farm products sold at farmers markets.
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.