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Further, “[w]e have held that where a former statute is clarified by amendment, the amendment is strong evidence of the legislative intent concerning the original enactment.” Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 205 (1979).

Under those circumstances, the 2012 amendment to RSA 100-A:1, XXXIV is “strong evidence of the legislative intent concerning the original enactment.” Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 205 (1979).

Recreation Corp., 155 N.H. 289, 293 (2007) (quotation omitted); see also Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 205 (1979).

Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 205 (1979).

As we explained in Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 203 (1979), the current use statute promotes these objectives by directing that certain land be valued for taxation purposes at its current, rather than its highest and best, use.

In 1968, the constitution was amended to allow the legislature to “depart from the ad, valorem system of taxation.” Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 203 (1979).

for the purpose of stopping proposed projects or developments while an application is under consideration.” Laws 1991, 331:4 (noting that 1991 amendment is consistent with original statutory intent behind paragraph V); cf. Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 205, 400 A.2d 55, 57 (1979) (amendment clarifying former statute is strong evidence of legislature’s original intent).

of Portsmouth Teachers, 134 N.H. 642, 648, 597 A.2d 1063, 1067 (1991), considered in the context of the statute as a whole, Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 204, 400 A.2d 55, 57 (1979).

RSA 541-A:7; Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 205, 400 A.2d 55, 57 (1979).

All of the sections of a statute must be construed together, Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 204, 400 A.2d 55, 57 (1979), and “not viewed separately in isolation,” Arsenault v. Keene, 104 N.H. 356, 358, 187 A.2d 60, 62 (1962).

ng the provisions of RSA 76:2, such assessed value shall be determined as of the actual date of the change in land use if such date is not April first.” The “full and true value” of the land in question is that which 'represents its “‘“best and highest use.’”” Steele v. Town of Allenstown, 124 N.H. 487, 490, 471 A.2d 1179, 1181 (1984) (quoting Blue Mountain Forest Association v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 203, 400 A.2d 55, 56 (1979)).

Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 205, 400 A.2d 55, 57 (1979).

Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 205, 400 A.2d 55, 57 (1979).

“[W]here a former statute is clarified by amendment, the amendment is strong evidence of the legislative intent concerning the original enactment.” Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 205, 400 A.2d 55, 57 (1979).

Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 205, 400 A.2d 55, 57 (1979) (where a former statute is clarified by amendment, the amendment is strong evidence of the legislative intent concerning the original enactment).

RSA 75:1 (Supp. 1983) provides that all taxable property shall be appraised at “its full and true value.” This court has held that property is to be valued at its “‘best and highest use.’” 590 Realty Co., Ltd. v. City of Keene, supra at 285, 444 A.2d at 536 (quoting Blue Mountain Forest Association v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 203, 400 A.2d 55, 56 (1979)).

Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 204, 400 A.2d 55, 57 (1979); Arthur Lessard & Sons v. Kakides, 116 N.H. 50, 51, 351 A.2d 61, 62 (1976).

Property is to be valued at its “best and highest use.” See Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 203, 400 A.2d 55, 56 (1979); New England Power Co. v. Littleton, 114 N.H. at 597-98, 326 A.2d at 700.

Because the statute expressly provides for the legal representation of indigent parents, we conclude that, although not specifically enunciated, the entire chapter, when read as a whole, see State Employees’ Ass’n v. Cheney, 119 N.H. 822, 826, 409 A.2d 775, 777 (1979); Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 204, 400 A.2d 55, 57 (1979), contemplates the inclusion of attorney’s fees within the term “expenses.” Accordingly, the town in which the child resided at the time the p

Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 204-05, 400 A.2d 55, 57 (1979).

Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of *753 Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 400 A.2d 55 (1979).

Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 400 A.2d 55 (1979); 59 Am.

Blue Mountain Forest Association v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 204, 400 A.2d 55, 57 (1979) (statute must be read as a whole).

Blue Mountain Forest Ass’n v. Town of Croydon, 119 N.H. 202, 400 A.2d 55 (1979).