New Waterfront Tax proposed HB 629-FN

hemlock · 02-03-2025, 05:14 PM

As I review this more closely this is being structured as a registration fee tacked on the law that allows boat registrations. So you are not paying a tax you are paying a fee to register your shore frontage but only on those lakes where there is a state owned dam.

So whats the difference?

Apparently the state constitution requires that taxes be proportional so all kinds of safeguards are put in place such as abatement rules, Superior Court appeals, The Bureau of Land and Tax appeals etc. This would avoid all those pesky details.

As a friend of mine noted this is the Live Fee or Die State.

John Mercier · 02-03-2025, 05:41 PM

Well, all that means is death is an option.
Funny how many don't choose that option.

The difference is that with a government owned dam... the option could be to breach the dam, as we did in Belmont, and you no longer have waterfront property.

That would in thesis prevent that option from happening.

02-03-2025, 05:14 PM	#1
hemlock Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 64 Thanks: 1 Thanked 37 Times in 17 Posts	Its a fee not a tax - Live Fee or Die As I review this more closely this is being structured as a registration fee tacked on the law that allows boat registrations. So you are not paying a tax you are paying a fee to register your shore frontage but only on those lakes where there is a state owned dam. So whats the difference? Apparently the state constitution requires that taxes be proportional so all kinds of safeguards are put in place such as abatement rules, Superior Court appeals, The Bureau of Land and Tax appeals etc. This would avoid all those pesky details. As a friend of mine noted this is the Live Fee or Die State.

02-03-2025, 05:41 PM	#2
John Mercier Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2021 Posts: 3,448 Thanks: 3 Thanked 606 Times in 500 Posts	Well, all that means is death is an option. Funny how many don't choose that option. The difference is that with a government owned dam... the option could be to breach the dam, as we did in Belmont, and you no longer have waterfront property. That would in thesis prevent that option from happening.