HB 447 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0457
06/02
HOUSE BILL 447
AN ACT relative to property tax exemptions for disabled veterans.
SPONSORS: Rep. Creighton, Hills. 30; Rep. Knab, Rock. 12; Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Gagne, Hills. 16; Rep. Mooney, Hills. 12; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. N. Germana, Ches. 15; Rep. Roy, Rock. 31; Rep. M. Murray, Hills. 37; Rep. Suiter, Hills. 36; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Avard, Dist 12
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill expands property tax exemptions to include veterans with specially adapted homes that have been modified to meet the needs of their disabilities through the VA Hospital system.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0457
06/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to property tax exemptions for disabled veterans.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Property Taxes; Certain Disabled Veterans. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 72:36-a to read as follows:
Any person, who is discharged from military service of the United States and who meets the veteran eligibility criteria established by RSA 21:50, and who owns a home which has been specially adapted by the Veterans Administration through an approved Special Adapted Housing (SAH) or Special Home Adaptation (SHA) grant, or owns a home that has been specially adapted and has been acquired using proceeds from the sale of such an SAH or SHA home, or owns a home that is ADA compliant and meets the needs of their disability or is modified through the VA Hospital system, the person or person's surviving spouse, as defined in RSA 72:29, V, shall be exempt from all taxation on said homestead, provided that:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.