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SB85: relative to eligibility for the property tax exemption for the disabled.
Bill details
Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.
Sponsors
- Betsi DeVries Senate · Dist 18
- D'Allesandro Senate · Dist 20
- Jeffrey Goley House · Hills 8
- Armand Forest House · Hills 17
- Long House · Hills 10
- Daniel Sullivan House · Hills 8
- Marshall Quandt House · Rock 13
Topics
Local government Housing and property Taxation
Official links
CHPATER 307
SB 85 – FINAL VERSION
03/15/07 0534s
23Jan2008… 2409h
2008 SESSION
07-0691
10/09
SENATE BILL 85
AN ACT relative to eligibility for the property tax exemption for the disabled.
ANALYSIS
This bill allows municipalities to expand eligibility for the exemption for the disabled to certain persons not currently entitled under the federal Social Security Act.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/15/07 0534s
23Jan2008… 2409h
07-0691
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to eligibility for the property tax exemption for the disabled.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
307:1 Property Taxation; Exemption for the Disabled. Amend RSA 72:37-b, I-a to read as follows:
I-a. Upon the adoption of this paragraph by a city or town as provided in RSA 72:27-a, a person who is eligible under Title II or Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act on his or her sixty-fifth birthday shall remain eligible for a yearly exemption either in the amount of the exemption applicable under paragraph I or the amount of the elderly exemption granted to the person under RSA 72:39-b, whichever is greater.
I-b. Upon the adoption of this paragraph by a city or town as provided in RSA 72:27-a, any person who at any time previously was eligible under Title II or Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act for benefits to the disabled, but who is no longer eligible for such federal benefits due to reasons other than the status of that person’s disability, shall be eligible for the exemption under paragraph I or I-a, or both as may be applicable, provided that the person submits an affidavit from a physician licensed in New Hampshire that attests to the fact that the person continues to meet the criteria for disability that are used under Title II or Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act.
307:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect April 1, 2008.
Approved: July 2, 2008
Effective Date: April 1, 2008