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The Local Towns Bill
Changing how the state shares tax money with local towns
Relative to the formula of distribution of revenue from the meals and rooms tax.
Mixed: some good, some bad ·
This bill would change how the state shares restaurant and hotel tax money with towns, giving more to poorer areas and less to wealthier ones.
Our take
What we think, in plain words.
Right now, New Hampshire shares some of its tax money with towns based on how many people live there. This bill would change the math to focus on property values instead. Towns with lower property values would get a bigger slice of the pie. However, towns with expensive homes, colleges, or prisons would lose out on this money. It is a tug-of-war over state funds that could change your local town budget.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- Takes 30 percent of the state restaurant and hotel tax money to share with local towns.
- Changes the math so towns with lower property values get more money.
- Blocks funding for towns where the average property value per person is over 500,000 dollars.
- Ignores people living in college dorms, prisons, or non-profit nursing homes when counting a town's size.
- The state treasury warned they do not have the right data to make this new math work.
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This bill is in the New Hampshire Bill Book 2026
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