Bill Text - HB1294 (2012)

Relative to applications for abatement of property taxes.


Revision: Dec. 14, 2011, midnight

HB 1294 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2512

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

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that the signature authorizing a property tax abatement may be from an applicant’s attorney or nonattorney representative.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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 attorney, or the applicant’s 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 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.