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2002 SESSION

01-0149

03/09

HOUSE BILL 137

COMMITTEE: Election Law

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a committee to study the definition of domicile for voting purposes.

This bill also makes a technical correction.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21mar02...3041eba

01-0149

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

15:1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study the definition of domicile for voting purposes.

15:2 Membership and Compensation.

I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(b) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

15:3 Duties. The committee shall study the definition of domicile for voting purposes. The committee's study shall include, but not be limited to, methods for assuring that a prospective voter has established a bona fide domicile prior to registration.

15:4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

15:5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2002.

15:6 Aeronautics Act; Effective Date Amended. Amend 2002, 6:5 to read as follows:

6:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, [2001] 2002.

15:7 Aeronautics Act; Effective Date; Legislative Intent. The legislature intended HB 317-FN (2002, 6), relative to the New Hampshire Aeronautics Act, to take effect on July 1, 2002. There was no legislative intent that the act apply retroactively to July 1, 2001 or to any period of time between July 1, 2001 and July 1, 2002.

15:8 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

(Approved: March 29, 2002)

(Effective Date: March 29, 2002)