HB 137 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0273
07/02
HOUSE BILL 137
SPONSORS: Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 7; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 14; Sen. McConkey, Dist 3
COMMITTEE: Education Funding
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ANALYSIS
This bill allocates excess statewide education property tax funds to the local municipality for other school and municipal purposes.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0273
07/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Apportionment, Assessment and Abatement of Taxes; Commissioner's Warrant; Allocation of Excess Taxes Collected. Amend RSA 76:8, II and II-(a) to read as follows:
II. The commissioner shall issue a warrant under the commissioner's hand and official seal for the amount computed in paragraph I to the selectmen or assessors of each municipality by December 15 directing them to assess such sum and pay it to the municipality for the use of the school district or districts. Such sums shall be assessed at such times as may be prescribed for other taxes assessed by such selectmen or assessors of the municipality. Any such sum collected in excess of the adequacy grant under RSA 198:40-a by a municipality shall remain with the municipality for the use of the school district or districts.
II-a. At the time the warrant is issued pursuant to paragraph II, the commissioner shall report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the chairs of the senate and house education committees, and the commissioner of education, a statement of the education tax warrants to be issued for the tax year commencing April 1 of the succeeding year.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 30, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| March 11, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| March 12, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| March 12, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
March 26, 2025: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10
March 18, 2025: Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
March 18, 2025: Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/12/2025 (Vote 15-3; RC) HC 17 P. 27
March 5, 2025: Executive Session: 03/12/2025 10:30 am LOB 201
Feb. 27, 2025: ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 03/11/2025 10:30 am LOB 205-207
Feb. 5, 2025: Full Committee Work Session: 02/12/2025 10:00 am LOB 210-211
Jan. 22, 2025: Public Hearing: 01/30/2025 03:30 pm LOB 205-207
Jan. 6, 2025: Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Education Funding HJ 2 P. 7