HB1158 (2006) Detail

Relative to eligibility for the property tax exemption for the disabled.


HB 1158 – AS INTRODUCED

2006 SESSION

06-2114

10/04

HOUSE BILL 1158

AN ACT relative to eligibility for the property tax exemption for the disabled.

SPONSORS: Rep. Weare, Rock 14

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill allows municipalities to add eligibility for the exemption for the disabled to certain persons not included in the federal Social Security program.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

06-2114

10/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT relative to eligibility for the property tax exemption for the disabled.

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

1 Property Taxation; Exemption for the Disabled. Amend RSA 72:37-b, I and I-a to read as follows:

I. Upon its adoption by a city or town as provided in RSA 72:27-a, any person who is eligible under Title II or Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act, or under a United States Office of Personnel Management Retirement Services program, for benefits to the disabled shall receive a yearly exemption in an amount to be chosen by the town or city.

I-a. Upon the adoption of this paragraph by a city or town as provided in RSA 72:27-a, a person eligible under Title II or Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act, or under a United States Office of Personnel Management Retirement Services program, on his or her sixty-fifth birthday shall remain eligible for a yearly exemption either in the amount of the exemption applicable under paragraph I or the amount of the elderly exemption granted to the person under RSA 72:39-b, whichever is greater.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect April 1, 2006.