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RSA 79:34 · [RSA 79:34 repealed by 2025, 164:4, II, effective November 1, 2027.] 79:34 Duties

Title
V: TAXATION
Chapter
79 · FOREST CONSERVATION AND TAXATION
Status
repealed
Official source linked
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[RSA 79:34 repealed by 2025, 164:4, II, effective November 1, 2027.] 79:34 Duties. – The commission shall study:

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I.

For existing agreements or other arrangements under which New Hampshire landowners have committed any standing timber on their property to the sequestration of carbon emissions through registration with a carbon credit offset registry or similar program, the length of such commitment and any restrictions on or disincentives against logging of such timber.

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II.

The state and local tax impact of committing New Hampshire forest tracts to carbon sequestration.

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Whether the state's current system of taxation fairly and proportionally taxes the transactions by which New Hampshire forest tracts are committed to carbon sequestration and the fair market value of those tracts.

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IV.

Whether other statutory provisions interfere with the power of cities and towns under RSA 79:5 to tax standing timber that has been committed to carbon sequestration.

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V.

Whether the purchasers of carbon credits generated by carbon sequestration in New Hampshire forests should be taxed by the state for the benefit those credits confer.

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VI.

The impact on sound forest management practices, including minimization of forest fire risk.

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VII.

The impact on New Hampshire's logging industry.

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VIII.

The effect carbon sequestration has on the state and national timber industry and its competitiveness with the timber industries of other states and countries. Source. 2025, 164:3, eff. July 1, 2025.

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Source note

Source. 2025, 164:3, eff. July 1, 2025.

Source history

  • 2025, 164:3, eff. July 1, 2025

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  • 2026 HB1440 amend

    sequestration programs. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 New Section; Forest Carbon Sequestration Management. Amend RSA 79 by inserting after section 37 the following new section: 79:38 Forest Carbon Sequestration Management. I. Any landowner enrolling property in a carbon sequestration program that involves forestland within the st

  • 2026 HB1440-FN amend

    sequestration programs. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 New Section; Forest Carbon Sequestration Management. Amend RSA 79 by inserting after section 37 the following new section: 79:38 Forest Carbon Sequestration Management. I. Any landowner enrolling property in a carbon sequestration program that involves forestland within the st

  • 2026 HB1752 related · effective 2027-01-01

    harvesting activities conducted within the state of New Hampshire. II. All timber harvesting activities shall comply with applicable statutes, including but not limited to: (a) RSA 79, relative to the timber tax and notice of intent to cut. (b) RSA 227-G and RSA 227-J, relative to forest management and timber harvesting. (c) RSA 482-A, relative to the fill and dredge in wetlands act. (d) RSA 483-B

  • 2026 HB1752-FN related · effective 2027-01-01

    harvesting activities conducted within the state of New Hampshire. II. All timber harvesting activities shall comply with applicable statutes, including but not limited to: (a) RSA 79, relative to the timber tax and notice of intent to cut. (b) RSA 227-G and RSA 227-J, relative to forest management and timber harvesting. (c) RSA 482-A, relative to the fill and dredge in wetlands act. (d) RSA 483-B

  • 2025 HB123 amend

    agraph, the owner shall notify the town or city in writing of the owner’s election on or before December 31 preceding such tax year. 164:3 New Subdivision; Carbon Sequestration Programs Study Commission. Amend RSA 79 by inserting after section 31 the following new subdivision: Carbon Sequestration Programs Study Commission 79:32 Carbon Sequestration Programs Study Commission. There is established a commission to study the