CHAPTER 21
HB 182 – FINAL VERSION
2013 SESSION
10/05
HOUSE BILL 182
AN ACT relative to appointments to the assessing standards board.
SPONSORS: Rep. Lockwood, Merr 9; Rep. Cooney, Graf 8
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill lowers the population requirement for the appointment of a member of the assessing standards board from a town with a population under 5,000.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
13-0336
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to appointments to the assessing standards board.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
21:1 Assessing Standards Board; Appointment; Town Population; Changed to 3,000. Amend RSA 21-J:14-a, II to read as follows:
II. The board shall be comprised of the following members:
(a) Four members nominated by the New Hampshire Association of Assessing Officials and appointed by the governor with the consent of the council, one of whom shall be an assessing official for a town with a population of less than [5,000] 3,000; one of whom shall be an assessing official for a town with a population of more than [5,000] 3,000; and one of whom shall be an assessing official for a city. Each member shall hold office for the term of such member's position for 2 years and until a successor shall have been appointed and qualified. Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the governor with the consent of the council.
(b) Two members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate. The term of each member shall be coterminous with the member’s term as senator. A vacancy for an unexpired term shall be filled by the president of the senate.
(c) Two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house. The term of each member shall be coterminous with the member’s term as representative. A vacancy for an unexpired term shall be filled by the speaker of the house.
(d) The commissioner of the department of revenue administration, or the commissioner’s designee.
(e) Three members of the public appointed by the governor with the consent of the council, none of whom shall be an assessor or a municipal official.
(f) Three members appointed by the governor with the consent of council, one of whom shall be a municipal governing body official or designee who shall not be an assessor for a town with a population of less than [5,000] 3,000; one of whom shall be a municipal governing body official or designee who shall not be an assessor for a town with a population of more than [5,000] 3,000; and one of whom shall be a municipal governing body official or designee who shall not be an assessor for a city. Each member shall hold office for the term of such member’s position for 2 years and until a successor shall have been appointed and qualified. Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the governor with the consent of the council.
21:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 16, 2013
Effective Date: July 15, 2013