SB 252  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2022 SESSION

22-3014

05/10

 

SENATE BILL 252

 

AN ACT relative to information on property tax bills.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Rep. Cote, Hills. 31; Rep. Heath, Hills. 14; Rep. Egan, Graf. 2

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires property tax bills to include information regarding the amount disbursed from the education trust fund in the prior fiscal year and the amount the municipality's education grant aid will be reduced under RSA 189:41 as a result of the education freedom account program under RSA 194-F:2.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-3014

05/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to information on property tax bills.

 

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

 

1  Information on Property Tax Bill.  Amend RSA 76:11-a, I to read as follows:

I.  The tax bill which is sent to every person taxed, as provided in RSA 76:11, shall show the rate for municipal, local education, state education, the total amount of  funds distributed from the education trust fund pursuant to RSA 194-F:11 in the previous fiscal year, the amount of funding the respective municipality shall no longer receive under RSA 198:41 as a result of the reduction in adequate education grants pursuant to RSA 194-F:2, and county taxes separately, the assessed valuation of all lands and buildings for which said person is being taxed, and the right to apply in writing to the selectmen or assessors for an abatement of the tax assessed as provided under RSA 76:16.  The department of revenue administration shall compute for each town and city the rates which are to appear on the tax bills and shall furnish the required information to the appropriate town or city.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.