Bill Text: NH HB1260 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Repealing the authority of assessing officials to obtain administrative inspection warrants to complete property appraisals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-09 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/09/2016 House Journal 23 P. 53 [HB1260 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1260-Introduced.html
HB 1260 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2226
10/09
HOUSE BILL 1260
AN ACT repealing the authority of assessing officials to obtain administrative inspection warrants to complete property appraisals.
SPONSORS: Rep. Abramson, Rock. 20; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. V. Sullivan, Hills. 16
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill removes the authority of assessing officials to obtain an administrative inspection warrant to inspect property to complete an inventory or appraisal for purposes of property taxation.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2226
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT repealing the authority of assessing officials to obtain administrative inspection warrants to complete property appraisals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. RSA 74:17, relative to obtaining an administrative inspection warrant for completion of an inventory or appraisal by assessing officials, is repealed.
2 Administrative Inspection Warrants; Limitation Added. Amend RSA 595-B:9 to read as follows:
595-B:9 Application Limited.
I. This chapter shall not apply to the application for warrants by personnel within the department of fish and game and the division of state police, and shall in no way affect the issuance of warrants at the request of persons within the department or division under other provisions of law.
II. This chapter shall not apply to the inspection of property by municipal assessing officials or their agents for the purpose of completing an inventory or appraisal.
