Revision: Dec. 11, 2025, 4:01 p.m.
HB 1677 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2847
07/09
HOUSE BILL 1677
SPONSORS: Rep. Turer, Rock. 6; Rep. Gruber, Ches. 16
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires a recommendation by a local budget committee or governing body when including warrant articles with a tax impact in an estimate for raising taxes under a local tax cap.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2847
07/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places; Preparation of Budgets; Local Tax Cap. Amend RSA 32:5-b, I to read as follows:
I. In a town or district that has adopted this section, the estimated amount of local taxes to be raised for the fiscal year shall include the operating budget and all other warrant articles with a tax impact[,] and recommended by the budget committee, or the governing body if the municipality has not established a budget committee pursuant to RSA 32:14, and certified by the governing body or the budget committee and posted on the warrant for the annual meeting pursuant to RSA 32:5. The estimated amount of local taxes to be raised for the fiscal year shall not exceed the local taxes raised for the prior year, as shown on the same budget and adjusted as provided in paragraph I-a and II, by more than the tax cap authorized when this section was adopted.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.