CHAPTER 118
HB 520 - FINAL VERSION
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2001 SESSION
03/10
HOUSE BILL 520
This bill clarifies the requirement that a person have a domicile in the state to hold elective office in the state by providing that registration to vote or voting in another state shall create a presumption that a person does not have a domicile in this state.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25apr01...0599h
01-0887
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to clarifying qualifications of candidates.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
118:1 Nominations; General Qualifications; Domicile. Amend RSA 655:2 to read as follows:
655:2 Domicile. To hold any elective office in the state, a person must have a domicile in the state. Registration to vote or voting in another state during the relevant time period shall create a presumption that a person does not have a domicile in this state.
118:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: June 26, 2001)
(Effective Date: August 25, 2001)