The powers and duties of the assessing standards board pursuant to RSA 21-J:14-b shall be to:

1. (a) Establish practice and procedure standards for assessing officials relative to mass appraisal;
2. (b) Establish guidelines for the administration of the property tax and assessment of real property in state property tax systems;
3. (c) Establish standards for the certification of assessing officials;
4. (d) Establish guidelines for the monitoring and auditing of municipalities;
5. (e) Identify sales-chasing practices and recommend legislation relative to penalties;
6. (f) Establish forms and procedures;
7. (g) Recommend to the legislature any study to determine the status of or improvements of assessing in the state;
8. (h) Annually determine, vote upon and recommend to the chairman of the board the standards, guidelines and practices for use in the forthcoming year;
9. (i) Annually hold a minimum of 3 public forums throughout the state to receive verbal and written comment from the public on assessing standards and practices;
10. (j) Annually elect a chairperson of the board;
11. (k) Adopt rules as required by RSA 21-J:14-b, I-a; and

12. (l) File a report of findings and recommendations for legislation by December 1 of each year with the:

    1. (1) Governor;
    2. (2) Senate president;
    3. (3) Speaker of the house;
    4. (4) Senate clerk;
    5. (5) House clerk; and
    6. (6) State library.

Source. #7861, eff 3-31-03; ss by #8397, eff 7-28-05; ss by #9026-A, eff 11-16-07