HB268 (2025) Detail

Relative to hearings before the board of tax and land appeals.


CHAPTER 76

HB 268-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

20Mar2025... 0359h

8May2025... 2223EBA

2025 SESSION

25-0352

09/05

 

HOUSE BILL 268-FN

 

AN ACT relative to hearings before the board of tax and land appeals.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Lynn, Rock. 17

 

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill codifies the board of tax and land appeals' authority to hold hearings at its hearing room in Concord and allows parties to request that hearings be held electronically or telephonically.  This bill further states that the hearings may be held in the hearing room in Concord in lieu of the county where the declaration was filed upon agreement of the parties or if the board determines that there is a lack of available space in the respective county courthouse.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20Mar2025... 0359h

8May2025... 2223EBA 25-0352

09/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT relative to hearings before the board of tax and land appeals.

 

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

 

76:1  Board of Tax and Land Appeals; Offices; Hearings.  Amend RSA 498-A:16 to read as follows:

498-A:16 Offices; Hearings.  The board shall be provided with suitable office space in Concord, together with such furnishings and office equipment as shall be necessary for the administration of its business, and with a suitable room in which it may hold hearings.  Any party may elect to participate in a just compensation hearing under RSA 498-A:24 through electronic or telephonic means consistent with RSA 91-A. All hearings before the board shall be open to the public.[, and] Each hearing shall be held in the county in which the declaration has been filed, unless the parties agree to a hearing at the board’s hearing room in Concord [elsewhere]. To the extent there is a lack of available space[, hearings shall be conducted] in the respective county courthouse,[; otherwise, they shall be held in such place or places, accessible to the public, as the board shall direct] as determined solely by the board, the hearing shall then be conducted in the board’s hearing room in Concord.

76:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.

 

Approved: June 10, 2025

Effective Date: January 01, 2026

 

 

Amendments

Date Amendment
March 7, 2025 2025-0359h
May 20, 2025 2025-2223EBA

Links


Date Body Type
Jan. 29, 2025 House Hearing
March 3, 2025 House Exec Session
March 3, 2025 House Exec Session
March 3, 2025 House Floor Vote
April 2, 2025 Senate Hearing
April 2, 2025 Senate Hearing
May 1, 2025 Senate Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

HB268 Revision: 48592 Date: June 11, 2025, 11:16 a.m.
HB268 Revision: 47980 Date: May 21, 2025, 8:29 a.m.
HB268 Revision: 48255 Date: May 20, 2025, 4:19 p.m.
HB268 Revision: 47556 Date: April 2, 2025, 9:50 a.m.
HB268 Revision: 47309 Date: March 7, 2025, 12:10 p.m.
HB268 Revision: 46083 Date: Jan. 6, 2025, 10:13 p.m.

Docket


June 11, 2025: Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/10/2025; Chapter 76; eff. 01/01/2026


June 3, 2025: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/22/2025 HJ 15


June 3, 2025: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2025); SJ 15


May 20, 2025: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2223e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 62


May 20, 2025: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2223e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/15/2025); SJ 14


May 1, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/01/2025; SJ 11


April 24, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/01/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19


March 27, 2025: Hearing: 04/02/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 15


March 26, 2025: Hearing: 04/02/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 15


March 24, 2025: Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 9


March 20, 2025: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0359h: MA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 17


March 20, 2025: Amendment # 2025-0359h: AA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 17


March 7, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0359h 03/03/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC)


Feb. 25, 2025: Executive Session: 03/03/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208


Feb. 20, 2025: Executive Session: 03/03/2025 11:00 am LOB 206-208


Jan. 15, 2025: Public Hearing: 01/29/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208


Jan. 7, 2025: Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Judiciary HJ 2 P. 13