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2023 SESSION
23-1009.1
09/04
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a historic housing tax credit; makes appropriations to the department of health and human services to support emergency shelter programs; and makes appropriations to the housing finance authority and the department of business and economic affairs to support workforce housing and affordable housing.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-1009.1
09/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Historic Housing Preservation Tax Credit. Amend RSA 204-C by inserting after section 92 the following new subdivision:
Historic Housing Preservation Tax Credit
204-C:93 Definitions. As used in this subdivision:
I. “Contributor” means an investor providing cash or a pledge to the authority for a project in exchange for a tax credit.
II. “Eligible structure” means any historical structure that is intended for residential use and is intended to be income-generating. It includes those currently used as residences and those intended to be converted to residential use. It also includes properties that are or will be primarily used for residential purposes, but that may have other uses that are non-residential. It does not include any property that is or is intended solely to be the private residence of the owner.
III. “Historical structure” means that a structure that:
(a) Is listed on the National Register of Historic Places or the State Register of Historic Places;
(b) Has been determined by the National Park Service to be a certified historic structure;
(c) Possesses characteristics that make it eligible for listing on either the National Register of Historic Places or the state register of historic places; or
(d) Possesses other historical characteristics that make it worthy of preservation.
IV. “Pledge” means a written agreement between the authority and a contributor for the contributor to provide cash contributions in the future.
V. “Project” means a plan to rehabilitate a historical structure.
204-C:94 Historic Housing Preservation Tax Credit Established.
I. The authority shall adopt rules establishing a competitive process for eligible applicants seeking investor contributions for projects.
II. Contributions may be made to the authority by investors for specific projects.
III. An investment tax credit equal to 65 percent of the contribution made to the authority during the contributor’s tax year shall be allowed against any of the following individually or in combination:
(a) Taxes imposed by RSA 77-A.
(b) Taxes imposed by RSA 77-E.
(c) Taxes imposed by RSA 400-A.
IV. Credits provided by this section applied against the liabilities imposed by RSA 400-A and RSA 77-E shall be deemed to be taxes paid for the purpose of RSA 77-A:5, III and X, respectively.
V. The credit or any unused portion thereof may be carried forward for no more than 5 succeeding years, but shall not exceed $1,000,000 in any given tax year.
VI.(a) The credit provided by this section shall be available to contributors on or after contributions for which credit is to be taken are actually received by the authority.
(b) Contributions received by the authority for which credit is to be taken shall not exceed $5,000,000 in any state fiscal year. Contributions received by the authority in excess of $5,000,000 in any state fiscal year shall not be eligible for credit in such fiscal year but may be carried forward to the next succeeding fiscal year or years and shall be given priority in determining the total contributions eligible for credit in such fiscal year.
VII. Estimated tax payments under RSA 400-A:32 due and payable after the date of contribution to the authority may be reduced by the credit allowable under this section.
2 Department of Health and Human Services; Homeless and Housing Shelter Program; Appropriations.
I. The sum of $8,000,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2025 is hereby appropriated to the department of health and human services to support the following:
(a) Existing shelter programs with the increased costs to maintain their current bed capacity.
(b) Existing and new shelter programs, which shall include use of hotel beds as appropriate), to add bed capacity to the shelter system in New Hampshire.
(c) Operation of time-limited winter shelters.
II. The sum of $2,000,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2025 is hereby appropriated to the department of health and human services to support the following:
(a) Housing stabilization services.
(b) Eviction prevention.
III. The appropriations made in this section shall be in addition to any other funds appropriated to the department. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sums out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
3 Housing Finance Authority; Affordable Housing Fund; Appropriation. The sum of $25,000,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2025 is hereby appropriated to the housing finance authority for deposit in the affordable housing fund established in RSA 204-C:57 for the purpose of providing financing or state matching funds for affordable housing. This sum shall be in addition to any other funds appropriated to the housing finance authority. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
4 Department of Business and Economic Affairs; Division of Economic Development; Appropriation. The sum of $30,000,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2025 is hereby appropriated to the department of business and economic affairs, division of economic development for the purpose of improving the ability to accelerate the approval of affordable workforce housing. This sum shall be in addition to any other funds appropriated to the department of business and economic affairs, division of economic development. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.