HB 1294 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
15Feb2012… 0604h
2012 SESSION
10/09
HOUSE BILL 1294
AN ACT relative to applications for abatement of property taxes.
SPONSORS: Rep. Warden, Hills 7
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill provides that the signature authorizing a property tax abatement may be from an applicant’s authorized attorney or nonattorney representative, or if deceased or incapacitated, from an heir or guardian.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Feb2012… 0604h
12-2512
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to applications for abatement of property taxes.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Abatement of Property Taxes; Application Form; Signature. Amend RSA 76:16, III(g) to read as follows:
(g) A place for the [applicant’s] signature of the applicant, the applicant’s authorized attorney, or the applicant’s authorized nonattorney representative acting pursuant to RSA 71-B:7-a with a certification [by the person applying] that the application has a good faith basis and the facts in the application are true.
2 New Paragraph; Abatement Application. Amend RSA 76:16 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. In the case of a taxpayer being deceased or incapacitated, an heir or a guardian may sign the application.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.