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1 New Section; Property Taxes; Unfunded Property Tax Exemptions or Credits. Amend RSA 72 by inserting after section 6-a the following new section:
72:6-b Limitation on Unfunded Property Tax Exemptions or Credits. Pursuant to part I, article 28-a of the New Hampshire constitution, which prohibits the state from mandating or assigning any new, expanded, or modified programs or responsibilities to any political subdivision in such a way as to necessitate additional local expenditures by the political subdivision unless such programs or responsibilities are fully funded by the state or unless such programs or responsibilities are approved for funding by a vote of the local legislative body, the state shall not establish a new property tax exemption or credit unless the amount of local property tax revenue shifted to other taxpayers by such property tax exemption or credit is fully funded by the state or approved by a vote of the local legislative body of the political subdivision.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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1 New Section; Property Taxes; Unfunded Property Tax Exemptions or Credits. Amend RSA 72 by inserting after section 6-a the following new section:
72:6-b Limitation on Unfunded Property Tax Exemptions or Credits. Pursuant to part I, article 28-a of the New Hampshire constitution, which prohibits the state from mandating or assigning any new, expanded, or modified programs or responsibilities to any political subdivision in such a way as to necessitate additional local expenditures by the political subdivision unless such programs or responsibilities are fully funded by the state or unless such programs or responsibilities are approved for funding by a vote of the local legislative body, the state shall not establish a new property tax exemption or credit unless the amount of local property tax revenue shifted to other taxpayers by such property tax exemption or credit is fully funded by the state or approved by a vote of the local legislative body of the political subdivision.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.