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Committee hears competing views on HB 585, which would broaden religious property tax exemptions
Summary
House Bill 585 would allow a single parsonage and the church's main worship building to retain a property tax exemption in more circumstances, and permit limited rental of space when revenue is used for pastoral pay, maintenance or church programs.
House Bill 585, introduced by Representative John Janigian (Rockingham District 25), proposes to clarify and expand property tax exemptions for religious organizations under RSA 72:23 by allowing a single parsonage and the main worship building to remain exempt when rented, provided revenue is used for pastoral pay, maintenance or church programs.
Janigian told the Ways and Means Committee his Arret Armenian Congregational Church in Salem faced a situation in which the congregation could not support a…
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