HB1367 (2012) Detail

Relative to the issuance of administrative inspection warrants.


HB 1367 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

22Feb2012… 0511h

05/02/12 1863s

2012 SESSION

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05/03

HOUSE BILL 1367

AN ACT relative to the issuance of administrative inspection warrants for inventory or appraisal of taxable property.

SPONSORS: Rep. Manuse, Rock 5; Rep. L. Jones, Straf 1; Rep. Bowers, Sull 3; Rep. Lambert, Hills 27; Rep. Itse, Rock 9; Rep. Kurk, Hills 7; Rep. Ingbretson, Graf 5; Rep. Warden, Hills 7; Rep. D. McGuire, Merr 8

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

AMENDED ANALYSIS

The bill provides that selectmen or assessing officials may obtain an administrative inspection warrant for the inventory or appraisal of taxable property if they have probable cause to believe that entry to the property is required to fairly assess the property value.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22Feb2012… 0511h

05/02/12 1863s

12-2267

05/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to the issuance of administrative inspection warrants for inventory or appraisal of taxable property.

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

1 New Paragraph; Requirements for Issue of Administrative Inspection Warrant for Inventory or Appraisal of Taxable Property. Amend RSA 595-B:2 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

II-a. Notwithstanding paragraph II, for an inspection warrant issued pursuant to RSA 74:17, probable cause required under paragraph I shall be deemed to exist if the selectmen or assessing officials have probable cause to believe that entry to the property is required to fairly assess the property value.

2 Effective date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.