Section Rev 602.01 - Appraisal Work Contract Submission and DRA Review(a) A contract shall be required for any assessing services, performed by a contractor who is not an employee of the municipality, on behalf of a municipality for tax assessment and administration purposes, which may include, but not be limited to: (2) Partial update, statistical analyses, or ratio studies;(3) Utility or special use property assessments;(5) Current use assessments;(7) Data collection or cyclical inspection; or(b) Prior to starting any appraisal work for a municipality, or executing a contract for assessment services, a contractor who is not an employee of the municipality, as evidenced by a valid W-2 Form issued for federal income tax purposes, shall submit to the DRA for review: (1) A copy of the written contract; and(2) The names and DRA-certified level of all personnel to be employed under the contract.(c) Prior to starting any appraisal work for a municipality, executing a contract for assessment services, or during the course of contract performance, the contractor shall provide to the DRA for review: (1) Any unexecuted amended or revised contract; and(2) Any amended or revised list of DRA-certified personnel to be employed under the contract.(d) Prior to starting any appraisal work, the contractor shall attest that: (1) The contract has been submitted to the DRA and in the case of a BTLA ordered reassessment, has been approved by the DRA;(2) The contract has been executed by the authorized municipal assessing official(s) or by their properly authorized agent;(3) The contract has been executed by the contractor; and(4) The executed contract has been copied and sent to the DRA along with a list of all DRA-certified personnel with their level of certification that shall work in the municipality under the contract.(e) A monitoring conference may be requested by the DRA, the municipality, or the contractor to review the contract terms and conditions, or the in-house work plan, as detailed in Rev 609.01 to be held with the DRA and: (1) The municipal assessing officials;(2) The in-house assessor;(f) For a BTLA ordered reassessment, the contract, any revised contract, and the list of personnel assigned to work under the contract, shall be first submitted to the DRA for examination and shall not be approved by the DRA until the indemnification and insurance certificates as described in Rev 607.01(a) and the performance bond as described in Rev 607.02 have been submitted to both the municipal assessing officials and the DRA.N.H. Admin. Code § Rev 602.01
Amended by Volume XXXIV Number 19, Filed May 8, 2014, Proposed by #10581, Effective 5/1/2014, Expires5/1/2024.