HB1222: relative to procedures for appraisals by assessing officials.

HB 1222 - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2111

10/04

HOUSE BILL 1222

AN ACT relative to procedures for appraisals by assessing officials.

SPONSORS: Rep. Fromuth, Hills. 7; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill requires assessing officials to make 3 attempts for an in-person inspection of property before applying a statistical update to an appraisal for property tax purposes.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2111

10/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to procedures for appraisals by assessing officials.

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

1 New Paragraph; Appraisals of Property; Requirements Before Statistical Update. Amend RSA 21-J:11 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

IV. No appraisal made by a municipality or conducted by a business pursuant to a contract or agreement approved by the commissioner under this section shall apply a statistical update to a particular property until at least 3 attempts are made by the assessing official to conduct an in-person inspection of such property, and provided that the 3 attempts occur on different days and are made following a written request, with contact information and follow-up procedures provided after any failed attempt to inspect the property.

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