CHAPTER 9

HB 592 – FINAL VERSION

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2012 SESSION

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03/09

HOUSE BILL 592

AN ACT apportioning state representative districts and relative to the boundaries of wards.

SPONSORS: Rep. Tucker, Rock 17; Rep. Umberger, Carr 1; Rep. Infantine, Hills 13; Rep. Mirski, Graf 10

COMMITTEE: Special Committee on Redistricting

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill:

I. Establishes new state representative districts in accordance with the latest federal decennial census.

II. Requires the use of ward boundaries in effect on January 17, 2012 for state legislative districts.

III. Establishes ward lines for the city of Portsmouth.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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11-0727

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT apportioning state representative districts and relative to the boundaries of wards.

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

9:1 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 RSA 662:5 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: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 Gilford

Meredith 4

District No. 3 Laconia Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 4

District No. 4 Sanbornton

Tilton 2

District No. 5 Alton

Gilmanton 2

District No. 6 Belmont 2

District No. 7 Barnstead 1

District No. 8 Alton

Barnstead

Gilmanton 1

District No. 9 Belmont

Laconia 1

II. Carroll County

District No. 1 Bartlett

Hart’s Location

Jackson 1

District No. 2 Chatham

Conway

Eaton

Hale’s Location 3

District No. 3 Albany

Freedom

Madison

Tamworth 2

District No. 4 Moultonborough

Sandwich

Tuftonboro 2

District No. 5 Brookfield

Effingham

Ossipee

Wakefield 3

District No. 6 Wolfeboro 2

District No. 7 Albany

Bartlett

Chatham

Conway

Eaton

Freedom

Hale’s Location

Hart’s Location

Jackson

Madison

Tamworth 1

District No. 8 Brookfield

Effingham

Moultonborough

Ossipee

Sandwich

Tuftonboro

Wakefield 1

III. Cheshire County

District No. 1 Chesterfield

Hinsdale

Walpole

Westmoreland 4

District No. 2 Alstead

Marlow

Surry 1

District No. 3 Gilsum

Nelson

Stoddard

Sullivan 1

District No. 4 Keene Ward 1 1

District No. 5 Keene Ward 2 1

District No. 6 Keene Ward 3 1

District No. 7 Keene Ward 4 1

District No. 8 Keene Ward 5 1

District No. 9 Dublin

Harrisville

Jaffrey

Roxbury 2

District No. 10 Marlborough

Troy 1

District No. 11 Fitzwilliam

Rindge 2

District No. 12 Richmond

Swanzey 2

District No. 13 Winchester 1

District No. 14 Dublin

Fitzwilliam

Harrisville

Jaffrey

Rindge

Roxbury 1

District No. 15 Marlborough

Richmond

Swanzey

Troy

Winchester 1

District No. 16 Keene Ward 1

Keene Ward 2

Keene Ward 3

Keene Ward 4

Keene Ward 5 2

IV. Coos County

District No. 1 Atkinson & Gilmanton Academy Grant

Cambridge

Clarksville

Colebrook

Columbia

Dix’s Grant

Dixville

Errol

Erving’s Location

Millsfield

Odell

Pittsburg

Second College Grant

Stewartstown

Stratford

Wentworth’s Location 2

District No. 2 Dummer

Milan

Northumberland

Stark 1

District No. 3 Berlin 3

District No. 4 Lancaster

Dalton

Kilkenny 1

District No. 5 Carroll

Jefferson

Randolph

Whitefield 1

District No. 6 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

Success

Thompson and Meserve’s Purchase 1

District No. 7 Carroll

Dalton

Dummer

Jefferson

Kilkenny

Lancaster

Milan

Northumberland

Randolph

Stark

Whitefield 1

V. Grafton County

District No. 1 Bethlehem

Littleton 2

District No. 2 Franconia

Lyman

Lisbon

Monroe

Sugar Hill 1

District No. 3 Bath

Benton

Easton

Landaff

Orford

Piermont

Warren 1

District No. 4 Haverhill 1

District No. 5 Lincoln

Livermore

Waterville Valley

Woodstock 1

District No. 6 Ellsworth

Groton

Orange

Rumney

Thornton 1

District No. 7 Campton 1

District No. 8 Hebron

Holderness

Plymouth 3

District No. 9 Alexandria

Ashland

Bridgewater

Bristol

Grafton 2

District No. 10 Enfield 1

District No. 11 Canaan

Dorchester

Wentworth 1

District No. 12 Hanover

Lyme 4

District No. 13 Lebanon Ward 1

Lebanon Ward 2

Lebanon Ward 3 4

District No. 14 Bethlehem

Franconia

Littleton

Lisbon

Lyman

Monroe

Sugar Hill 1

District No. 15 Bath

Benton

Easton

Haverhill

Landaff

Orford

Piermont

Warren 1

District No. 16 Canaan

Dorchester

Ellsworth

Groton

Orange

Rumney

Thornton

Wentworth 1

District No. 17 Alexandria

Ashland

Bridgewater

Bristol

Enfield

Grafton 1

VI. Hillsborough County

District No. 1 Antrim

Hillsborough

Windsor 2

District No. 2 Deering

Weare 3

District No. 3 Bennington

Greenfield

Hancock 1

District No. 4 Francestown

Greenville

Lyndeborough

Wilton 2

District No. 5 Mont Vernon

New Boston 2

District No. 6 Goffstown 5

District No.7 Bedford 6

District No. 8 Manchester Ward 1 2

District No. 9 Manchester Ward 2 2

District No. 10 Manchester Ward 3 2

District No. 11 Manchester Ward 4 2

District No. 12 Manchester Ward 5 2

District No. 13 Manchester Ward 6 2

District No. 14 Manchester Ward 7 2

District No. 15 Manchester Ward 8 2

District No. 16 Manchester Ward 9 2

District No. 17 Manchester Ward 10 2

District No. 18 Manchester Ward 11 2

District No. 19 Manchester Ward 12 2

District No. 20 Litchfield 2

District No. 21 Merrimack 8

District No. 22 Amherst 3

District No. 23 Milford 4

District No. 24 Peterborough 2

District No. 25 New Ipswich

Sharon

Temple 2

District No. 26 Brookline

Mason 2

District No. 27 Hollis 2

District No. 28 Nashua Ward 1 3

District No. 29 Nashua Ward 2 3

District No. 30 Nashua Ward 3 3

District No. 31 Nashua Ward 4 3

District No. 32 Nashua Ward 5 3

District No. 33 Nashua Ward 6 3

District No. 34 Nashua Ward 7 3

District No. 35 Nashua Ward 8 3

District No. 36 Nashua Ward 9 3

District No. 37 Hudson

Pelham 11

District No. 38 Antrim

Bennington

Francestown

Greenfield

Greenville

Hancock

Hillsborough

Lyndeborough

Wilton

Windsor 2

District No. 39 Deering

Goffstown

Weare 1

District No. 40 Hollis

Milford

Mont Vernon

New Boston 1

District No. 41 Amherst

Bedford 1

District No. 42 Manchester Wards 1, 2, and 3 2

District No. 43 Manchester Wards 4, 5, 6, and 7 3

District No. 44 Litchfield

Manchester Wards 8 and 9 2

District No. 45 Manchester Wards 10, 11, and 12 2

VII. Merrimack County

District No. 1 Andover

Danbury

Salisbury 1

District No. 2 Franklin Wards 1 and 2

Hill 2

District No. 3 Franklin Ward 3

Northfield 2

District No. 4 Sutton

Wilmot 1

District No. 5 New London

Newbury 2

District No. 6 Bradford

Henniker 2

District No. 7 Warner

Webster 1

District No. 8 Boscawen 1

District No. 9 Canterbury

Loudon 2

District No. 10 Concord Ward 5

Hopkinton 3

District No. 11 Concord Ward 1 1

District No. 12 Concord Ward 2 1

District No. 13 Concord Ward 3 1

District No. 14 Concord Ward 4 1

District No. 15 Concord Ward 6 1

District No. 16 Concord Ward 7 1

District No. 17 Concord Ward 8 1

District No. 18 Concord Ward 9 1

District No. 19 Concord Ward 10 1

District No. 20 Chichester

Pembroke 3

District No. 21 Epsom

Pittsfield 2

District No. 22 Allenstown 1

District No. 23 Bow

Dunbarton 3

District No. 24 Hooksett 4

District No. 25 Andover

Danbury

Salisbury

Warner

Webster 1

District No. 26 Boscawen

Canterbury

Franklin Ward 3

Loudon

Northfield 1

District No. 27 Concord Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 2

District No. 28 Concord Wards 8, 9, and 10 1

District No. 29 Allenstown

Epsom

Pittsfield 1

VIII. Rockingham County

District No. 1 Northwood 1

District No. 2 Candia

Deerfield

Nottingham 3

District No. 3 Raymond 3

District No. 4 Auburn

Chester Sandown 5

District No. 5 Londonderry 7

District No. 6 Derry 10

District No. 7 Windham 4

District No. 8 Salem 9

District No. 9 Epping 2

District No. 10 Fremont 1

District No. 11 Brentwood 1

District No. 12 Danville 1

District No. 13 Hampstead

Kingston 4

District No. 14 Atkinson

Plaistow 4

District No. 15 Newton 1

District No. 16 East Kingston

Kensington

South Hampton 1

District No. 17 Newfields

Newmarket 3

District No. 18 Exeter 4

District No. 19 Stratham 2

District No. 20 Hampton Falls

Seabrook 3

District No. 21 Hampton 4

District No. 22 North Hampton 1

District No. 23 Greenland Newington 1

District No. 24 New Castle

Rye 2

District No. 25 Portsmouth Ward 1 1

District No. 26 Portsmouth Ward 2 1

District No. 27 Portsmouth Ward 3 1

District No. 28 Portsmouth Ward 4 1

District No. 29 Portsmouth Ward 5 1

District No. 30 Portsmouth Ward 1

Portsmouth Ward 2

Portsmouth Ward 4

Portsmouth Ward 5 1

District No. 31 Greenland

North Hampton

Newington

Portsmouth Ward 3 1

District No. 32 Candia

Deerfield

Northwood

Nottingham 1

District No. 33 Brentwood

Fremont

Danville 1

District No. 34 Atkinson Plaistow

Hampstead

Kingston 1

District No. 35 East Kingston Kensington

Newton

South Hampton 1

District No. 36 Exeter Newfields

Newmarket

Stratham 1

District No. 37 Hampton Hampton Falls

Seabrook 1

IX. Strafford County

District No. 1 Middleton

Milton 2

District No. 2 Farmington 2

District No. 3 New Durham Strafford 2

District No. 4 Barrington 2

District 5 Lee 1

District 6 Durham Madbury 5

District No. 7 Rochester Ward 1 1

District No. 8 Rochester Ward 6 1

District No. 9 Rochester Ward 2 1

District No. 10 Rochester Ward 3 1

District No. 11 Rochester Ward 4 1

District No. 12 Rochester Ward 5 1

District No. 13 Dover Ward 1 1

District No. 14 Dover Ward 2 1

District No. 15 Dover Ward 3 1

District No. 16 Dover Ward 4 1

District No. 17 Dover Ward 5

Dover Ward 6

Somersworth Ward 2 3

District No. 18 Rollinsford

Somersworth Ward 1

Somersworth Ward 3

Somersworth Ward 4

Somersworth Ward 5 3

District No. 19 Dover Ward 1

Dover Ward 2 1

District No. 20 Dover Ward 3 Dover Ward 4 1

District No. 21 Dover Ward 5 Dover Ward 6

Rollinsford Somersworth Ward 1

Somersworth Ward 2

Somersworth Ward 3

Somersworth Ward 4

Somersworth Ward 5 1

District No. 22 Rochester Ward 1 Rochester Ward 6 1

District No. 23 Rochester Ward 2 Rochester Ward 3 1

District No. 24 Rochester Ward 4 Rochester Ward 5 1

District No. 25 Barrington Lee 1

X. Sullivan County

District No. 1 Cornish

Grantham

Plainfield

Springfield 2

District No. 2 Croydon

Sunapee 1

District No. 3 Claremont Ward 1 1

District No. 4 Claremont Ward 2 1

District No. 5 Claremont Ward 3 1

District No. 6 Newport

Unity 2

District No. 7 Acworth

Goshen

Langdon

Lempster

Washington 1

District No. 8 Charlestown 1

District No. 9 Cornish

Croydon

Grantham

Newport

Plainfield

Springfield

Sunapee

Unity 1

District No. 10 Claremont Ward 1

Claremont Ward 2

Claremont Ward 3 1

District No. 11 Acworth

Charlestown

Goshen

Langdon

Lempster

Washington 1

9:2 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 2012 state general election. If there shall be a vacancy in a state representatives district for any reason prior to the 2012 state general election, the vacancy shall be filled by and from the same state representative district that existed for the 2010 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 2011.

9:3 Ward Boundaries; Legislative Districts. Ward boundaries adopted as of January 17, 2012 shall be the ward boundaries used to determine state legislative districts beginning with the November 2012 state general election.

9:4 City of Portsmouth; Wards. 1895, 183:1, as amended by 1947, 390:1; 1957, 412:1; 1971, 582:1; 1983, 424:1; and 1989, 210:2, is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

Section 1. The city of Portsmouth in the county of Rockingham is and shall be divided into 5 wards which shall be constituted as follows:

Ward 1 shall contain all that part of the city included within the following boundaries: Beginning at a point in the Piscataqua river on the boundary of the city of Portsmouth, the state of Maine, and the town of Newington; thence southeasterly along the boundary of the city of Portsmouth and the state of Maine to the point where U.S. route 1 crosses the boundary of the city of Portsmouth and the state of Maine; thence southwesterly along U.S. route 1 to a point where U.S. route 1 passes over Daniel street; thence southwesterly along Daniel street to the intersection of Daniel street and Congress street; thence southwesterly along Congress street to the intersection of Congress street and Maplewood avenue; thence northwesterly along Maplewood avenue to the middle of a bridge crossing the so-called North Mill pond; thence southwesterly along a line following the midpoint of the so-called North Mill pond until it intersects Bartlett street at a point 300 feet north of the intersection of Bartlett street and Cate street; thence northwesterly along Bartlett street to the intersection of Bartlett street and Woodbury avenue; thence northwesterly 10,000 feet along Woodbury avenue to the intersection of Woodbury avenue and Gosling road; thence northeasterly along Gosling road to its terminus; thence northeasterly along the boundary of the town of Newington and the city of Portsmouth to the point of beginning.

Ward 2 shall contain all that part of the city included within the following boundaries: Beginning at the middle of the Maplewood avenue bridge at the northeast end of North Mill pond; thence southeasterly along Maplewood avenue to the intersection of Maplewood avenue and Middle street; thence southerly along Middle street to the intersection of Middle street and Court street; thence northeasterly along Court street to the intersection of Court street and Rogers street; thence southerly along Rogers street to the intersection of Rogers street and Parrott avenue; thence southerly along Parrott avenue to the intersection of Parrott avenue and Richards avenue; thence northerly along Richards avenue a distance of 150 feet; thence southwesterly along a line until said line reaches the intersection of Merrimac street and Miller avenue; thence southeasterly along Miller avenue until it reaches the intersection of Miller avenue and South street; thence westerly along South street until it reaches the intersection of South street and Middle road; thence southwesterly along Middle road until the intersection of Middle road and U.S. route 1 bypass; thence northwesterly along U.S. route 1 bypass to a point where it is crossed by a railroad track; thence northeasterly along said railroad track until a point where it crosses Bartlett street; thence northwesterly along Bartlett street until a point 300 feet north of the intersection of Bartlett street and Cate street; thence northeasterly along a line following the middle of the so-called North Mill pond to the point of beginning.

Ward 3 shall contain all that part of the city included within the following boundaries: Beginning at a point at the intersection of the boundary of the city of Portsmouth, the town of Newington, and the town of Greenland; thence northerly along the boundary of the city of Portsmouth and the town of Newington a distance of 8,400 feet; thence continuing northeasterly along the boundary of the city of Portsmouth and the town of Newington to the intersection of the boundary of the city of Portsmouth and the town of Newington and Woodbury avenue; thence southeasterly along Woodbury avenue a distance of 10,000 feet to the intersection of Woodbury avenue and Bartlett street; thence southerly along Bartlett street to a point where a railroad line crosses Bartlett street; thence southwesterly along said railroad line to a point where it crosses U.S. route 1 bypass; thence southeasterly along U.S. route 1 bypass to a point where it intersects Greenleaf avenue; thence southwesterly along Greenleaf avenue to the intersection of Greenleaf avenue and Peverly Hill road; thence southeasterly along Peverly Hill road to the intersection of Peverly Hill road and Lafayette road; thence southwesterly along Lafayette road to a point at the boundary of the city of Portsmouth and the town of Rye; thence northwesterly along the boundary of the city of Portsmouth and the town of Rye to the intersection of the boundaries of the city of Portsmouth, the town of Rye, and the town of Greenland; thence northerly along the boundary of the city of Portsmouth and the town of Greenland to the point of beginning.

Ward 4 shall contain all that part of the city included within the following boundaries: Beginning at a point at the intersection of South street and Summit avenue; thence southerly along Summit avenue to the point where Andrew Jarvis drive crosses Summit avenue; thence westerly along Andrew Jarvis drive to the intersection of Andrew Jarvis drive and Lafayette road; thence southerly along Lafayette road to a bridge over the so-called Sagamore creek; thence easterly along a line following the center of the so-called Sagamore creek to a point at the boundary of the city of Portsmouth, the town of Rye, and the town of New Castle; thence southwesterly along the boundary of the city of Portsmouth and the town of Rye to a point where the boundary between the city of Portsmouth and the town of Rye turns northwesterly; thence northwesterly along the boundary of the city of Portsmouth and the town of Rye to the intersection of the boundary of the city of Portsmouth and the town of Rye with Lafayette road; thence northeasterly along Lafayette road to the intersection of Lafayette road and Peverly Hill road; thence northwesterly along Peverly Hill road to the intersection of Peverly Hill road and Greenleaf avenue; thence northeasterly along Greenleaf avenue to the intersection of Greenleaf avenue and U.S. route 1 bypass; thence northwesterly along U.S. route 1 bypass to the intersection of U.S. route 1 bypass and Middle road; thence easterly along Middle road to the intersection of Middle road and South street; thence easterly along South street to the point of beginning.

Ward 5 shall contain all that part of the city included within the following boundaries: Beginning at a point where U.S. route 1 intersects the boundary between the city of Portsmouth and the state of Maine; thence southeasterly along the boundary between the city of Portsmouth and the state of Maine to the boundary of the city of Portsmouth, the state of Maine, and the town of New Castle; thence southerly along the boundary of the city of Portsmouth and the town of New Castle to the boundary of the city of Portsmouth, the town of New Castle, and the town of Rye; thence southwesterly along the boundary of the city of Portsmouth and the town of Rye to the midpoint of the so-called Sagamore creek; thence westerly along a line following the center of the co-called Sagamore creek to the Lafayette road bridge over the so-called Sagamore creek; thence northerly along Lafayette road to the intersection of Lafayette road and Andrew Jarvis drive; thence northeasterly along Andrew Jarvis drive to the intersection of Andrew Jarvis drive and Summit avenue; thence northerly along Summit avenue to the intersection of Summit avenue and South street; thence easterly along South street to the intersection of South street and Miller avenue; thence northwesterly along Miller avenue to the intersection of Miller avenue and Merrimac street; thence northeasterly along a line to a point on Richards avenue 150 feet northerly from the intersection of Richards avenue and Parrott avenue; thence southeasterly along Richards avenue to the intersection of Richards avenue and Parrott avenue; thence northeasterly along Parrott avenue to the intersection of Parrott avenue and Rogers street; thence northwesterly along Rogers street to the intersection of Rogers street and Court street; thence westerly along Court street to the intersection of Court street and Middle street; thence northerly along Middle street to the intersection of Middle street and Congress street; thence northeasterly along Congress street to the intersection of Congress street and Daniel street; thence northeasterly along Daniel street to the point where it is crossed by U.S. route 1; thence northerly along U.S. route 1 to the point of beginning.

9:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: Enacted in accordance with Part II, Article 44 of N.H. Constitution, without the signature of the governor, March 28, 2012.

Effective Date: March 28, 2012