CHAPTER 18

SB 202 – FINAL VERSION

03/28/12 1488s

2012 SESSION

12-2908

03/09

SENATE BILL 202

AN ACT apportioning congressional districts.

SPONSORS: Sen. Prescott, Dist 23

COMMITTEE: Internal Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes new United States House of Representatives districts in accordance with the latest federal decennial census.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/28/12 1488s

12-2908

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT apportioning congressional districts.

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

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 RSA 662:1 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

662:1 U. S. Representative Districts. The state is divided into 2 districts for the choosing of representatives in the congress of the United States. Each district may elect one representative. The districts shall be constituted as follows:

I. The first district is constituted of:

(a) The counties of

(1) Carroll, and

(2) Strafford; and

(b) In the county of Belknap, the towns and city of

(1) Alton,

(2) Barnstead,

(3) Belmont,

(4) Gilford,

(5) Gilmanton,

(6) Laconia,

(7) Meredith,

(8) New Hampton,

(9) Sanbornton, and

(10) Tilton; and

(c) In the county of Grafton, the town of

(1) Campton; and

(d) In the county of Hillsborough, the towns and city of

(1) Bedford,

(2) Goffstown,

(3) Manchester, and

(4) Merrimack; and

(e) In the county of Merrimack, the town of

(1) Hooksett; and

(f) In the county of Rockingham, the towns and city of

(1) Auburn,

(2) Brentwood,

(3) Candia,

(4) Chester,

(5) Danville,

(6) Derry,

(7) East Kingston,

(8) Epping,

(9) Exeter,

(10) Fremont,

(11) Greenland,

(12) Hampstead,

(13) Hampton,

(14) Hampton Falls,

(15) Kensington,

(16) Kingston,

(17) Londonderry,

(18) New Castle,

(19) Newfields,

(20) Newington,

(21) Newmarket,

(22) Newton,

(23) North Hampton,

(24) Nottingham,

(25) Plaistow,

(26) Portsmouth,

(27) Raymond,

(28) Rye,

(29) Sandown,

(30) Seabrook,

(31) South Hampton, and

(32) Stratham.

II. The second district is constituted of:

(a) The counties of

(1) Cheshire,

(2) Coos, and

(3) Sullivan; and

(b) In the county of Belknap, the town of

(1) Center Harbor; and

(c) In the county of Grafton, the towns, city, and unincorporated place of

(1) Alexandria,

(2) Ashland,

(3) Bath,

(4) Benton,

(5) Bethlehem,

(6) Bridgewater,

(7) Bristol,

(8) Canaan,

(9) Dorchester,

(10) Easton,

(11) Ellsworth,

(12) Enfield,

(13) Franconia,

(14) Grafton,

(15) Groton,

(16) Hanover,

(17) Haverhill,

(18) Hebron,

(19) Holderness,

(20) Landaff,

(21) Lebanon,

(22) Lincoln,

(23) Lisbon,

(24) Littleton,

(25) Livermore,

(26) Lyman,

(27) Lyme,

(28) Monroe,

(29) Orange,

(30) Orford,

(31) Piermont,

(32) Plymouth,

(33) Rumney,

(34) Sugar Hill,

(35) Thornton,

(36) Warren,

(37) Waterville Valley,

(38) Wentworth, and

(39) Woodstock; and

(d) In the county of Hillsborough, the towns and city of

(1) Amherst,

(2) Antrim,

(3) Bennington,

(4) Brookline,

(5) Deering,

(6) Francestown,

(7) Greenfield,

(8) Greenville,

(9) Hancock,

(10) Hillsborough,

(11) Hollis,

(12) Hudson,

(13) Litchfield,

(14) Lyndeborough,

(15) Mason,

(16) Milford,

(17) Mont Vernon,

(18) Nashua,

(19) New Boston,

(20) New Ipswich,

(21) Pelham,

(22) Peterborough,

(23) Sharon,

(24) Temple,

(25) Weare,

(26) Wilton, and

(27) Windsor; and

(e) In the county of Merrimack, the towns and cities of

(1) Allenstown,

(2) Andover,

(3) Boscawen,

(4) Bow,

(5) Bradford,

(6) Canterbury,

(7) Chichester,

(8) Concord,

(9) Danbury,

(10) Dunbarton,

(11) Epsom,

(12) Franklin,

(13) Henniker,

(14) Hill,

(15) Hopkinton,

(16) Loudon,

(17) Newbury,

(18) New London,

(19) Northfield,

(20) Pembroke,

(21) Pittsfield,

(22) Salisbury,

(23) Sutton,

(24) Warner,

(25) Webster, and

(26) Wilmot; and

(f) In the county of Rockingham, the towns of

(1) Atkinson,

(2) Deerfield,

(3) Northwood,

(4) Salem, and

(5) Windham.

18:2 Application. This act shall in no way disqualify any person from any elective office to which he or she was elected prior to the effective date of this act.

18:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: April 23, 2012

Effective Date: June 22, 2012