Revision: Jan. 1, 2008, midnight
CHAPTER 64
HB 1191 – FINAL VERSION
2008 SESSION
10/09
HOUSE BILL 1191
AN ACT relative to environmental investigations in tax lien and tax sale proceedings.
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill clarifies the authority for conducting environmental investigations prior to or in conjunction with tax lien and tax sale proceedings.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2191
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to environmental investigations in tax lien and tax sale proceedings.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
64:1 Proceedings Against Real Estate; Environmental Investigations. Amend RSA 80:19-a to read as follows:
80:19-a Environmental Investigation. Prior to or in connection with the tax lien procedures [of RSA 80:20-RSA 80:42-a] and the tax sale procedures of RSA [80:58-RSA 80:86] 80, a municipality, county or state may, at its option, on its own behalf or through its agents, enter upon the property subject to tax lien or tax sale for the purpose of conducting an environmental site assessment or environmental audit, if it gives notice of same, in the manner provided by RSA 80:38-a, to the current owner of record at least 30 days prior to entering the property or such shorter period of time as consented to by the owner after receiving such notice.
64:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 21, 2008
Effective Date: July 20, 2008