19Feb2004… 0378h

2004 SESSION

03-2226

03/09

HOUSE BILL 1292

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes state representative districts.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19Feb2004… 0378h

03-2226

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four

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

18:1 State Representative Districts. RSA 662:5 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

662:5 State Representative Districts. The state is divided into districts for the choosing of state representatives, each of which may elect the number of representatives set forth opposite the district, as follows:

I. Belknap County

District No. 1 Center Harbor

New Hampton 1

District No. 2 Sanbornton

Tilton 2

District No. 3 Meredith 2

District No. 4 Laconia Wards 1-6 5

District No. 5 Alton

Barnstead

Belmont

Gilford 7

District No. 6 Gilmanton 1

II. Carroll County

District No. 1 Bartlett

Chatham

Conway

Hale’s Location

Hart’s Location

Jackson 4

District No. 2 Albany

Eaton

Madison 1

District No. 3 Freedom

Ossipee

Sandwich

Tamworth 3

District No. 4 Moultonborough

Tuftonboro

District No. 5 Brookfield

Effingham

Wakefield 2

III. Cheshire County

District No. 1 Gilsum

Surry

Westmoreland 1

District No. 2 Alstead

Marlow

Nelson

Roxbury

Stoddard

Sullivan

Walpole 3

District No. 3 Keene Wards 1-5 7

District No. 4 Chesterfield

Hinsdale

Winchester 4

District No. 5 Fitzwilliam

Richmond 1

District No. 6 Harrisville

Marlborough

Swanzey

Troy 4

District No. 7 Dublin

Jaffrey

Rindge 4

IV. Coos County

District No. 1 Atkinson & Gilmanton Academy Grant

Cambridge

Clarksville

Colebrook

Columbia

Dix’s Grant

Dixville

Dummer

Errol

Erving’s Location

Millsfield

Odell

Pittsburg

Second College Grant

Stewartstown

Wentworth’s Location 2

District No. 2 Carroll

Dalton

Jefferson

Kilkenny

Lancaster

Northumberland

Randolph

Stark

Stratford

Whitefield 4

District No. 3 Bean’s Grant

Bean’s Purchase

Chandler’s Purchase

Crawford’s Purchase

Cutt’s Grant

Gorham

Green’s Grant

Hadley’s Purchase

Low and Burbank’s Grant

Martin’s Location

Pinkham’s Grant

Sargent’s Purchase

Shelburne

Thompson and Meserve’s Purchase 1

District No. 4 Berlin Wards 1-4

Milan

Success 4

V. Grafton County

District No. 1 Littleton

Lyman 2

District No. 2 Bethlehem

Franconia 1

District No. 3 Bath

Easton

Landaff

Lincoln

Lisbon

Livermore

Monroe

Sugar Hill

Waterville Valley 2

District No. 4 Thornton

Woodstock 1

District No. 5 Benton

Haverhill

Piermont

Warren 2

District No. 6 Campton

Ellsworth

Orford

Rumney

Wentworth 2

District No. 7 Hebron

Plymouth 2

District No. 8 Alexandria

Ashland

Bridgewater

Bristol

Groton

Holderness 3

District No. 9 Hanover

Lyme 4

District No. 10 Canaan

Dorchester

Enfield

Grafton

Orange 3

District No. 11 Lebanon Wards 1-3 4

VI. Hillsborough County

District No. 1 Antrim

Hancock

Hillsborough

Windsor 3

District No. 2 Bennington

Deering

Francestown

Greenfield 2

District No. 3 Greenville

New Ipswich

Peterborough

Sharon 4

District No. 4 Lyndeborough

Mont Vernon

New Boston

Temple

Wilton 4

District No. 5 Brookline

Hollis

Mason 4

District No. 6 Amherst

Milford 8

District No. 7 Goffstown

Weare 8

District No. 8 Manchester Ward 1 3

District No. 10 Manchester Ward 3 3

District No. 11 Manchester Ward 4 3

District No. 12 Manchester Ward 5 3

District No. 13 Manchester Ward 6 3

District No. 14 Manchester Ward 7 3

District No. 15 Manchester Ward 8 3

District No. 16 Manchester Ward 9 3

District No. 17 Manchester Wards 10, 11, and 12 8

District No. 18 Bedford 6

District No. 19 Merrimack 8

District No. 20 Nashua Ward 1 3

District No. 21 Nashua Ward 2 3

District No. 22 Nashua Ward 3 3

District No. 23 Nashua Ward 4 3

District No. 24 Nashua Ward 6 3

District No. 25 Nashua Ward 7 3

District No. 26 Nashua Wards 5, 8, and 9 10

District No. 27 Hudson

Litchfield

VII. Merrimack County

District No. 1 Danbury

New London

Wilmot 2

District No. 2 Franklin Wards 1-3

Hill 3

District No. 3 Newbury

Sutton 1

District No. 4 Hopkinton

Warner

Webster 3

District No. 5 Bradford

Henniker 2

District No. 6 Andover

Boscawen

Canterbury

Loudon

Northfield

Salisbury 6

District No. 7 Chichester

Pembroke 3

District No. 8 Allenstown

Epsom

Pittsfield 4

District No. 9 Hooksett 4

District No. 10 Concord Wards 1, 2, and 3 4

District No. 11 Concord Wards 4, 8, 9, and 10 5

District No. 12 Concord Wards 5, 6, and 7 4

District No. 13 Bow

Dunbarton 3

VIII. Rockingham County

District No. 1 Candia

Deerfield

Northwood

Nottingham 5

District No. 2 Raymond 3

District No. 3 Auburn

Londonderry 9

District No. 4 Salem

District No. 6 Atkinson 2

District No. 7 Chester

Danville

Sandown 4

District No. 8 Hampstead

Kingston

Plaistow 7

District No. 9 Epping

Fremont 3

District No. 10 Brentwood 1

District No. 11 East Kingston

Newton 2

District No. 12 Newfields

Newmarket 3

District No. 13 Exeter

North Hampton

Stratham 8

District No. 14 Hampton Falls

Kensington

Seabrook

South Hampton 4

District No. 15 Hampton 5

District No. 16 Newington

Portsmouth Wards 1-5 7

District No. 17 Greenland 1

District No. 18 New Castle

Rye 2

IX. Strafford County

District No. 1 Rochester Wards 1-6 9

District No. 2 Rollinsford

Somersworth Wards 1-5 5

District No. 3 Barrington

Farmington

Middleton

Milton

New Durham

Strafford 8

District No. 4 Dover Wards 1 and 2 3

District No. 5 Dover Wards 3 and 4 3

District No. 6 Dover Wards 5 and 6 3

District No. 7 Durham

Lee

Madbury 6

X. Sullivan County

District No. 1 Cornish

Grantham

Plainfield 2

District No. 2 Croydon

Goshen

Newport

Springfield

Washington 3

District No. 3 Sunapee 1

District No. 4 Claremont Wards 1-3

Lempster

Unity 5

District No. 5 Acworth

Charlestown

Langdon 2

18:2 Application. The changes in state representative districts established by this act shall not affect constituencies or terms of office of representatives presently in office. The state representative districts established by this act shall be in effect for the purpose of electing representatives at the 2004 state general election. If there shall be a vacancy in a state representative’s district for any reason prior to the 2004 state general election, the vacancy shall be filled by and from the same state representative district that existed for the 2002 state general election. No provision of this act shall affect in any manner any of the proceedings of the membership of the house of representatives of the general court that assembled for a biennial session in January 2003.

18:3 Contingency. If HB 264 of the 2004 regular session becomes law, sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the effective date of HB 264. If HB 264 does not become law, sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take 60 days after its passage.

18:4 Effective Date.

I. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 3 of this act.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.

(Approved: April 5, 2004)

(Effective Date: I. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect as provided in section 3.