New Hampshire HB 1654: requiring a property owner to pay all taxes or charges on their property prior to being issued certain building or occupancy permits.

Bill Text

HB 1654 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-3220

 07/06

HOUSE BILL 1654

AN ACT requiring a property owner to pay all taxes or charges on their property prior to being issued certain building or occupancy permits.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hemingway, Sull. 6; Rep. Girard, Sull. 6

COMMITTEE: Housing

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ANALYSIS

 This bill requires a property owner to pay all taxes or charges on their property prior to being issued certain building or occupancy permits.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-3220

 07/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT requiring a property owner to pay all taxes or charges on their property prior to being issued certain building or occupancy permits.

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

 1 New Paragraph; Planning and Zoning; Building Permits; Building Permits to be Withheld in Certain Cases. Amend RSA 676:12 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:

 VII. The building inspector may be authorized by the local legislative body to not issue a building or occupancy permit under this section without any and all back taxes or other charges due first being paid.

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