Bill Text: NH HB202 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relative to property tax abatements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-09-21 - Executive Session: 10/18/2023 10:00 am Legislative Office Building 301-303 House Calendar 38 [HB202 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2023-HB202-Introduced.html

HB 202  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-0477

05/10

 

HOUSE BILL 202

 

AN ACT relative to property tax abatements.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Janigian, Rock. 25; Rep. Piemonte, Rock. 9

 

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes a method to equalize market value for purposes of calculating property tax abatements.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0477

05/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to property tax abatements.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Section; Apportionment, Assessment and Abatement of Taxes; Abatement.  Amend RSA 76 by inserting after section 16-e the following new section:

76:16-f  Abatement; Equalization of Market Value.  If an abatement is granted under RSA 76:16, RSA 76:16-a, or RSA 76:17, with a determination of market value, the market value of the property for a given tax year shall be equalized by multiplying the market value of the property by the previous tax year's median ratio as determined by the department of revenue administration under RSA 21-J:3.  The market value of the property shall be equalized at 100 percent in any tax year for which the municipality conducts a full reassessment in accordance with RSA 75:1 and RSA 75:8-a.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect April 1, 2024.

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