Current Use Assessment: 50 Years of Open Space Preservation

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N E W H A M P S H I R E M U N I C I PA L A S S O C I AT I O N Current Use Assessment: 50 Years of Open Space Preservation Presented By: Barbara T. Reid, NHMA Government Finance Advisor And Normand Benaiche, Assessor and Current Use Board Member October 18, 2017

How to Participate Today Open and close your Panel Submit text questions Q&A addressed at the end of today s session Two Pop Quizzes today

Current Use Assessment History and Statistics Application Process Assessment Process Land Use Change Tax Pending Issues Pop Quizes!

History of Current Use NH Constitution Part II, Art 5 taxes must be proportional and reasonable 1968 Constitutional Amendment Part II, Art 5-B to provide for the assessment of any class of real estate at valuations based upon the current use thereof. 1973 Current Use Law RSA 79-A

2016 Current Use Statistics 24% 23% 53% 68,200 CU parcels 41,600 CU landowners Current Use Land Other Conservation Land Other Taxable Land

Current Use Statistics 7% 6% Forestland 34% 53% Forestland with Documented Stewardship Farmland Unproductive Land/Wetland

Current Use Statistics 12,000 10,000 Current Use Acres Removed Source: DRA Annual Current Use Reports 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000-2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Current Use Statistics LUCT revenue statewide $2.6 million in 2015 144 municipalities (61%) have some portion (3% to 100%) of the LUCT going into the Conservation Fund

Four Cornerstones of Current Use Income-producing capability of the land Excludes building, appurtenances, or other improvements on the land Disqualified when developed or does not meet size requirements no buyout. LUCT 10% of the full and true value at the time of change on amount of land disqualified

Application Process Must include: Map or drawing of entire parcel Signatures of ALL owners Filing fee, RSA 478:17-g, I May include: Soil Potential Index (SPI) of farm land Forest land stewardship documentation

Application Process Sample Maps

Current Use Qualification Undeveloped tract of 10 acres or more Tract of any size, actively devoted to growing agricultural or horticultural crops ($2,500 gross sales) Certified tree farm of any size Tract of unimproved wetland of any size Appeal to Board of Tax & Land Appeals or Superior Court

Contingent Lien Recording at Registry of Deeds creates a contingent lien on property: notice to all that if and when property is disqualified from current use, then a lien is created. Lien runs with the land.

Other than the unincorporated places, which New Hampshire municipality has the largest percentage of land enrolled in Current Use? 1. Pittsburg 2. Franconia 3. Cornish 4. Dorchester 5. Westmoreland

Assessment Current use land can be posted (no trespassing) and closed to public access 20% recreational adjustment - allow hunting, skiing, fishing, snowshoeing, hiking, nature observation

Assessment Note: Values must be equalized with DRA equalization ratio. RSA 79-A:5, I.

Assessment Farm Land Assessment range: $25 - $425 per acre Soil potential Index (SPI) used to determine value within the range Landowner provided SPI

Assessment Forest Land assessment within the range depends on: Grade (steep slopes, boulders, rocks), Location (restrictions to access), Site Quality (soil quality, climate, elevation), Type (tree species)

Assessment Using high-end value of the CU forest assessment ranges, without making any distinction or adjustments for the physical characteristics of the land, is not in accordance with applicable law. Town of Marlow, BTLA Docket No. 18478-2001RA, July 30, 2001

Assessment Unproductive land assessment range: $20 per acre No structures, incapable of producing agricultural or forest products, left in natural state Wetlands: incapable of producing and by reason of wetness, being left in its natural state

Who was elected Governor of New Hampshire on the same ballot that Proposition 7, the constitutional amendment enacting Current Use, was approved? 1. Meldrim Thomson, Jr. 2. John W. King 3. Walter R. Peterson 4. Wesley Powell 5. Vesta Roy

Land Use Change Tax LUCT permits a town to recapture some of the taxes it would have received had the land not been in the lower open space tax category. Opinion of the Justices, 137 N.H. 230 (1985)

Land Use Change Tax Land changes to a use which does not qualify for current use assessment when: Parcel sold or transferred and no longer meets minimum acreage requirements, or Development occurs which changes condition of land so as to disqualify it from open space assessment.

Land Use Change Tax If any physical changes are made (i.e. roads, utilities installed) prior to issuance of required permits or approvals, assessing officials may delay LUCT until all approvals are secured, and may assess LUCT upon land s full & true value at that later time. RSA 79-A:7, V.

Land Use Change Tax By enhancing the land s value because of the betterments that served it, when calculating the full and true value of the petitioner s property, the Town complied with RSA 79-A:7, I, and our decision in Appeal of Town of Hollis Woodview Dev. Corp. v. Pelham, 152 N.H. 114, 117 (2005)

Land Use Change Tax 10% tax on full and true value; no exemptions Contingent lien 24 months from date of change Billed within 18 months of the date of change: Written notice from landowner Date local assessing officials actually discover that LUCT is due and payable LUCT Form A-5 = Warrant for tax collector RSA 80 collection procedures apply

Land Use Change Tax Towns failure to bill within 18 months results in loss of ability to assess the LUCT Magee v. Town of Ossipee, BTLA Docket Nos.:19992-2003LC and 20001-2003LC, February 25, 2005

Land Use Change Tax All LUCT deposited in general fund. Towns may vote to place some or all LUCT into conservation fund. Towns may vote to place all revenue into LUCT fund to allow next town meeting to decide use.

Land Use Change Tax Appeal Procedures Request for abatement within 2 months* Selectmen grant or deny within 6 months* Within 8 months* property owner may appeal to BTLA or to Superior Court * Notice of Tax = Date LUCT was mailed

Pending Issues with Current Use Determination of 2018 assessment ranges Maintenance of Current Use records under ASB standards Committee to study effects of Current Use on small and rural communities

2017 Public Forums, Meeting, Hearings 10/24/17 CU Board meeting 9:30 - DRA 11/8/17 Lancaster 6:00 pm North Country Resource Center 11/13/17 Claremont 6:00 pm Location TBD 11/17/17 Concord 9:30 am DRA 11/17/17 CU Board meeting following forum 12/15/17 Concord 9:30 am - tentative date for rulemaking public hearing

Current Use Resources on DRA Website https://www.revenue.nh.gov/ current-use/index.htm Current Use Booklets Meeting Schedules and Minutes Statistical Reports Information on SPI

November 1 Do I Have a Conflict of Interest? www.nhmunicipal.org 35

December 13 NHACC and YOU: Working Together to Protect NH s Natural Resources www.nhmunicipal.org 36

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