New Waterfront Tax proposed HB 629-FN

[John Mercier]

Originally Posted by hemlock

So
Just got wind of a new tax plan to supposedly upgrade State owned dams.
Now they want to put a tax of 1.58 per shorefront foot per year on every lake front where there is a state owned dam. Also they want to add another 5 dollar fee on every boat registration!
Personally this certainly affects me as I own 1034 shorefront feet on Winni.
Sounds great right? The shore front consists of two unbuildable .05 acre small islands of rocks about 125 feet long each and 540 feet of muddy and weedy frontage where my seasonal camp is located. So I would need to annually spend $1633.00 to supposedly repair and maintain the hydroelectric generating dam at Lakeport. I would like to know what happened to the money already appropriated? Also is there a plan to tax Eagle Creek Renewable Energy the owner of these 4 hydroelectric facilities on the Winnipesaukee river?

Thoughts anybody?

If Eagle Creek owns the dam, then it is not a State-owned dam; and the new tax revenue does not go to those dams.