HB410: relative to the confidentiality of documents submitted with an application for a property tax credit, exemption, or deferral.

CHAPTER 30

HB 410 – FINAL VERSION

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2006 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 410

AN ACT relative to the confidentiality of documents submitted with an application for a property tax credit, exemption, or deferral.

SPONSORS: Rep. Graham, Hills 18; Rep. Coughlin, Hills 4; Rep. Kurk, Hills 7; Rep. Heon, Straf 2; Sen. Kenney, Dist 3

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires that all documents and copies of documents submitted with or requested to verify an application for a property tax credit, exemption, or deferral be considered confidential and returned to the applicant after a decision is made on the application.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT relative to the confidentiality of documents submitted with an application for a property tax credit, exemption, or deferral.

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

30:1 Property Tax Credit, Exemption, or Deferral Application; Confidentiality. Amend RSA 72:34, II to read as follows:

II. For those exemptions having income or asset limitations, the assessing officials may request true copies of any [of the following,] documents as needed to verify eligibility. [Any documents submitted shall be considered confidential, handled so as to protect the privacy of the applicant, and returned to the applicant at the time a decision is made on the application. The documents are:

(a) Federal income tax form;

(b) State interest and dividends tax form; and

(c) Property tax inventory form filed in any other town.

RSA 359-C shall not apply to the documents requested for verification under this section.] Unless otherwise provided for by law, all documents submitted with an application or as requested, as provided for in paragraphs I and II, and any copies shall be considered confidential, handled so as to protect the privacy of the individual, and not used for any purpose other than the specific statutory purposes for which the information was originally obtained. All documents and copies of such documents submitted by the applicant shall be returned to the applicant after a decision is made on the application.

30:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: April 4, 2006

Effective: June 3, 2006