CHAPTER 124
SB 348 – FINAL VERSION
02/02/06 0385s
2006 SESSION
09/04
SENATE BILL 348
AN ACT prohibiting the taking of arms and ammunition in a declared state of emergency.
SPONSORS: Sen. Bragdon, Dist 11; Rep. Stepanek, Hills 6; Rep. Hinkle, Hills 19; Rep. Mooney, Hills 19; Rep. Soltani, Merr 8
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
This bill clarifies that the state may not take possession of firearms, ammunition, and ammunition components in a declared state of emergency.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/02/06 0385s
06-2967
09/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT prohibiting the taking of arms and ammunition in a declared state of emergency.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
124:1 State of Emergency; Taking of Private Property. Amend RSA 4:46, I(c)(1) to read as follows:
(1) Any high explosives[, except small arms ammunition].
124:2 New Paragraph; State of Emergency; Taking of Firearms, Ammunition, and Ammunition Components Prohibited. Amend RSA 4:46 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:
I-a. Under no circumstances shall this section be construed to authorize the taking, confiscation, or seizure of firearms, ammunition, or ammunition components.
124:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 15, 2006
Effective: July 14, 2006