SB 524 – AS INTRODUCED
2008 SESSION
10/09
SENATE BILL 524
AN ACT relative to eligibility for persons to receive the elderly property tax exemption.
SPONSORS: Sen. Foster, Dist 13; Sen. Barnes, Dist 17; Sen. Burling, Dist 5
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
This bill eliminates the requirement that a person who applies for the elderly property tax exemption be married for at least 5 years in certain circumstances.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2633
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to eligibility for persons to receive the elderly property tax exemption.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Conditions for the Elderly Property Tax Exemption; Ownership. Amend RSA 72:39-a, II(d) to read as follows:
(d) Owned by a resident, or the resident's spouse, either of whom meets the age requirement for the exemption claimed[, and when they have been married to each other for at least 5 consecutive years].
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect April 1, 2008.