HB 119 - AS INTRODUCED

2001 SESSION

01-0309

10/09

HOUSE BILL 119

AN ACT relative to exemptions and credits to property taxes when the property is sold.

SPONSORS: Rep. Thulander, Hills 6

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that property tax credits and exemptions expire on the date that a transfer of the property is filed with the registry of deeds. The new owner shall be responsible for the difference between the regular tax rate on the property and the amount billed to the person entitled to the exemption, for that portion of the tax year attributable to the new owner.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0309

10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT relative to exemptions and credits to property taxes when the property is sold.

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

1 New Section; Expiration of Property Tax Credits and Exemptions. Amend RSA 72 by inserting after section 34-b the following new section:

72:34-c Expiration of Property Tax Credits and Exemptions. Upon filing a real estate transfer with the registry of deeds, a property tax credit or exemption under RSA 72:23, 23-d, 23-e, 23-f, 23-g, 23-h, 23-I, 23-j, 23-k, 28, 29-a, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36-a, 37, 37-a, 37-b, 38-a, 39-a, 39-b, 41, 42, 62, 66, or 70, shall expire. The new owner of the property shall be responsible to the municipality to pay the difference between the amount which would have been due in taxes on the property but for the credit or exemption and the amount actually billed to the person entitled to the credit or exemption, for that portion of the tax year attributable to the new owner.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect April 1, 2001.