HB 1367 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
22Feb2012… 0511h
05/02/12 1863s
2012 SESSION
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
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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.