Revision: Jan. 5, 2012, midnight
HB 592 – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 592
AN ACT apportioning state representative districts, congressional districts, executive council districts, and county commissioner districts.
SPONSORS: Rep. Tucker, Rock 17; Rep. Umberger, Carr 1; Rep. Infantine, Hills 13; Rep. Mirski, Graf 10
COMMITTEE: Special Committee on Redistricting
This bill establishes new state representative districts, United States House of Representatives districts, executive council districts, and county commissioner districts in accordance with the latest federal decennial census.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0727
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT apportioning state representative districts, congressional districts, executive council districts, and county commissioner districts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
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 RSA 662:5 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: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 Meredith 2
District No. 3 Sanbornton
Tilton 1
District No. 4 Belmont 2
District No. 5 Belmont
Sanbornton
Tilton 1
District No. 6 Gilmanton 1
District No. 7 Alton 1
District No. 8 Barnstead 1
District No. 9 Gilford 2
District No. 10 Alton
Barnstead
Gilford 1
District No. 11 Laconia 5
II. Carroll County.
District No. 1 Bartlett
Chatham
Hart’s Location
Jackson 1
District No. 2 Conway
Hale’s Location 2
District No. 3 Bartlett
Chatham
Conway
Hale’s Location
Hart’s Location
Jackson 1
District No. 4 Albany
Eaton
Madison 1
District No. 5 Ossipee 1
District No. 6 Effingham
Freedom
Ossipee
Tamworth 2
District No. 7 Wakefield 1
District No. 8 Wolfeboro 1
District No. 9 Moultonborough 1
District No. 10 Brookfield
Moultonborough
Sandwich
Tuftonboro
Wakefield
Wolfeboro 3
III. Cheshire County.
District No. 1 Gilsum
Stoddard
Sullivan
Surry 1
District No. 2 Jaffrey 1
District No. 3 Dublin
Harrisville
Nelson
Roxbury 1
District No. 4 Dublin
Jaffrey
Harrisville
Nelson
Roxbury 1
District No. 5 Marlborough
Swanzey 3
District No. 6 Rindge 1
District No. 7 Winchester 1
District No. 8 Fitzwilliam
Richmond
Rindge
Troy
Winchester 3
District No. 9 Hinsdale 1
District No. 10 Chesterfield
Westmoreland 1
District No. 11 Chesterfield
Hinsdale
Westmoreland 1
District No. 12 Alstead
Marlow
Walpole 2
District No. 13 Keene Ward 1 1
District No. 14 Keene Ward 2 1
District No. 15 Keene Ward 3 1
District No. 16 Keene Ward 4 1
District No. 17 Keene Ward 5 1
District No. 18 Keene Wards 1-5 2
IV. Coos County.
District No. 1 Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant
Clarksville
Colebrook
Columbia
Dix’s Grant
Dixville
Erving’s Location
Pittsburg
Second College Grant
Stewartstown
Stratford 2
District No. 2 Berlin
Cambridge
Dummer
Errol
Milan
Millsfield
Odell
Success
Wentworth’s Location 4
District No. 3 Kilkenny
Lancaster
Northumberland
Stark 2
District No. 4 Dalton
Whitefield 1
District No. 5 Bean’s Grant
Bean’s Purchase
Carroll
Chandler’s Purchase
Crawford’s Purchase
Cutt’s Grant
Gorham
Green’s Grant
Hadley’s Purchase
Jefferson
Low and Burbank’s Grant
Martin’s Location
Pinkham’s Grant
Randolph
Sargent’s Purchase
Shelburne
Thompson and Meserve’s Purchase 2
V. Grafton County.
District No. 1 Bethlehem
Littleton
Monroe 3
District No. 2 Bath
Lisbon
Lyman 1
District No. 3 Benton
Franconia
Landaff
Sugar Hill
Warren 1
District No. 4 Easton
Ellsworth
Lincoln
Livermore
Waterville Valley
Woodstock 1
District No. 5 Haverhill
Orford
Piermont 2
District No. 6 Ashland
Campton
Holderness
Thornton 3
District No. 7 Plymouth 2
District No. 8 Alexandria
Bridgewater
Bristol
Hebron 2
District No. 9 Dorchester
Groton
Rumney
Wentworth 1
District No. 10 Hanover
Lyme 4
District No. 11 Canaan
Enfield
Grafton
Orange 3
District No. 12 Lebanon 4
VI. Hillsborough County.
District No. 1 Antrim
Deering 1
District No. 2 Antrim
Deering
Hillsborough
Windsor 1
District No. 3 Hillsborough
Windsor 1
District No. 4 Weare 2
District No. 5 Goffstown
Weare 1
District No. 6 Francestown
Greenfield 1
District No. 7 Goffstown 5
District No. 8 Peterborough
Sharon 2
District No. 9 Bennington
Hancock 1
District No. 10 Lyndeborough
New Boston
Mt. Vernon 1
District No. 11 New Boston 1
District No. 12 Temple Wilton 1
District No. 13 Milford
Temple
Wilton 1
District No. 14 Milford 4
District No. 15 Amherst 3
District No. 16 Amherst
Mt. Vernon 1
District No. 17 Bedford 6
District No. 18 Litchfield 2
District No. 19 Merrimack 8
District No. 20 Greenville
New Ipswich 2
District No. 21 Brookline
Hollis
Mason 1
District No. 22 Brookline
Mason 1
District No. 23 Hollis 2
District No. 24 Hudson 7
District No. 25 Pelham 3
District No. 26 Hudson
Litchfield
Pelham 1
District No. 27 Nashua Ward 1 3
District No. 28 Nashua Ward 2 3
District No. 29 Nashua Ward 3 3
District No. 30 Nashua Ward 4 3
District No. 31 Nashua Ward 5 3
District No. 32 Nashua Ward 6 3
District No. 33 Nashua Ward 7 3
District No. 34 Nashua Ward 8 3
District No. 35 Nashua Ward 9 3
District No. 36 Nashua Wards 1-9 1
District No. 37 Manchester Ward 1 3
District No. 38 Manchester Ward 2 3
District No. 39 Manchester Ward 3 3
District No. 40 Manchester Ward 4 3
District No. 41 Manchester Ward 5 3
District No. 42 Manchester Ward 6 3
District No. 43 Manchester Ward 7 3
District No. 44 Manchester Ward 8 3
District No. 45 Manchester Ward 9 3
District No. 46 Manchester Ward 10 2
District No. 47 Manchester Ward 11 2
District No. 48 Manchester Ward 12 2
District No. 49 Manchester Wards 10, 11, and 12 2
VII. Merrimack County.
District No. 1 Andover
Hill 1
District No. 2 New London 1
District No. 3 Danbury
New London
Wilmot 1
District No. 4 Newbury
Sutton
Warner 2
District No. 5 Bradford
Henniker 2
District No. 6 Dunbarton
Hopkinton
Webster 2
District No. 7 Bow 2
District No. 8 Bow
Dunbarton
Hopkinton
Webster 1
District No. 9 Hooksett 4
District No. 10 Allenstown
Pembroke 4
District No. 11 Chichester
Epsom 2
District No. 12 Pittsfield 1
District No. 13 Loudon 1
District No. 14 Northfield 1
District No. 15 Boscawen 1
District No. 16 Boscawen
Canterbury
Loudon
Northfield
Pittsfield 2
District No. 17 Franklin
Salisbury 3
District No. 18 Concord Ward 1 1
District No. 19 Concord Ward 2 1
District No. 20 Concord Ward 3 1
District No. 21 Concord Ward 4 1
District No. 22 Concord Ward 5 1
District No. 23 Concord Ward 6 1
District No. 24 Concord Ward 7 1
District No. 25 Concord Ward 8 1
District No. 26 Concord Ward 9 1
District No. 27 Concord Ward 10 1
District No. 28 Concord Wards 1-10 3
VIII. Rockingham County.
District No. 1 Northwood 1
District No. 2 Nottingham 1
District No. 3 Deerfield 1
District No. 4 Candia 1
District No. 5 Candia
Deerfield
Northwood
Nottingham 1
District No. 6 Raymond 3
District No. 7 Auburn 1
District No. 8 Chester 1
District No. 9 Auburn
Chester
Raymond 1
District No. 10 Danville 1
District No. 11 Sandown 1
District No. 12 Fremont 1
District No. 13 Danville
Sandown 1
District No. 14 Atkinson 2
District No. 15 Hampstead 2
District No. 16 Plaistow 2
District No. 17 Hampstead
Plaistow 1
District No. 18 Derry 11
District No. 19 Londonderry 7
District No. 20 Windham 3
District No. 21 Londonderry
Windham 1
District No. 22 Salem 9
District No. 23 Epping 1
District No. 24 Epping
Fremont 1
District No. 25 Exeter
Kensington 5
District No. 26 Brentwood 1
District No. 27 East Kingston
Kingston
Newton 4
District No. 28 Newfields
Newmarket 3
District No. 29 Stratham 2
District No. 30 Greenland 1
District No. 31 New Castle
Rye 2
District No. 32 North Hampton 1
District No. 33 Hampton
Hampton Falls 5
District No. 34 Hampton
Hampton Falls
North Hampton 1
District No. 35 Seabrook
South Hampton 3
District No. 36 Portsmouth Ward 1 1
District No. 37 Portsmouth Ward 2 1
District No. 38 Newington
Portsmouth Ward 3 1
District No. 39 Portsmouth Ward 4 1
District No. 40 Portsmouth Ward 5 1
District No. 41 Portsmouth Wards 1, 2, and 5 1
District No. 42 Newington
Portsmouth Wards 3 and 4 1
IX. Strafford County.
District No. 1 Farmington 1
District No. 2 Milton 1
District No. 3 Middleton
New Durham 1
District No. 4 Farmington
Middleton
Milton
New Durham 1
District No. 5 Rochester Ward 1 1
District No. 6 Rochester Ward 2 1
District No. 7 Rochester Wards 1 and 2 1
District No. 8 Rochester Ward 3 1
District No. 9 Rochester Ward 4 1
District No. 10 Rochester Wards 3 and 4 1
District No. 11 Rochester Ward 5 1
District No. 12 Rochester Ward 6 1
District No. 13 Rochester Wards 5 and 6 1
District No. 14 Rollinsford
Somersworth 5
District No. 15 Dover Ward 1 1
District No. 16 Dover Ward 6 1
District No. 17 Dover Wards 1 and 6 1
District No. 18 Dover Ward 2 1
District No. 19 Dover Ward 3 1
District No. 20 Dover Wards 2 and 3 1
District No. 21 Dover Ward 4 1
District No. 22 Dover Ward 5 1
District No. 23 Dover Wards 4 and 5 1
District No. 24 Durham 4
District No. 25 Barrington 2
District No. 26 Lee 1
District No. 27 Strafford 1
District No. 28 Barrington
Durham
Lee
Madbury
Strafford 1
X. Sullivan County.
District No. 1 Cornish
Plainfield 1
District No. 2 Croydon
Newport
Unity 2
District No. 3 Cornish
Croydon
Newport
Plainfield
Unity 1
District No. 4 Sunapee 1
District No. 5 Grantham
Springfield 1
District No. 6 Acworth
Goshen
Lempster
Washington 1
District No. 7 Charlestown
Langdon 1
District No. 8 Acworth
Charlestown
Goshen
Langdon
Lempster
Washington 1
District No. 9 Claremont Ward 1 1
District No. 10 Claremont Ward 2 1
District No. 11 Claremont Ward 3 1
District No. 12 Claremont Wards 1-3 1
2 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) Center Harbor,
(5) Gilford,
(6) Gilmanton,
(7) Laconia,
(8) Meredith, and
(9) New Hampton; and
(c) In the county of Hillsborough, the towns and city of
(1) Bedford,
(2) Goffstown,
(3) Manchester, and
(4) Merrimack; and
(d) In the county of Merrimack, the town of
(1) Hooksett; and
(e) In the county of Rockingham, the towns and city of
(1) Auburn,
(2) Brentwood,
(3) Candia,
(4) Chester,
(5) Danville,
(6) Deerfield,
(7) Derry,
(8) East Kingston,
(9) Epping,
(10) Exeter,
(11) Fremont,
(12) Greenland,
(13) Hampstead,
(14) Hampton,
(15) Hampton Falls,
(16) Kensington,
(17) Kingston,
(18) Londonderry,
(19) New Castle,
(20) Newfields,
(21) Newington,
(22) Newmarket,
(23) Newton,
(24) North Hampton,
(25) Northwood,
(26) Nottingham,
(27) Plaistow,
(28) Portsmouth,
(29) Raymond,
(30) Rye,
(31) Sandown,
(32) Seabrook,
(33) South Hampton, and
(34) Stratham.
II. The second district is constituted of:
(a) The counties of
(1) Cheshire,
(2) Coos,
(3) Grafton, and
(4) Sullivan; and
(b) In the county of Belknap, the towns of
(1) Sanbornton, and
(2) Tilton; and
(c) 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
(d) 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
(e) In the county of Rockingham, the towns of
(1) Atkinson,
(2) Salem, and
(3) Windham.
3 Councilor Districts. RSA 662:2 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
662:2 Councilor Districts. The state is divided into 5 districts for the choosing of councilors, each of which may elect one councilor. The districts shall be constituted as follows:
I. Councilor district number 1 is constituted of the counties of Coos and Grafton, the unincorporated place of Hale’s Location, the towns of Albany, Alton, Bartlett, Belmont, Center Harbor, Charlestown, Chatham, Conway, Cornish, Croydon, Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Gilford, Grantham, Hart’s Location, Jackson, Madison, Meredith, Moultonborough, New Hampton, Newport, Ossipee, Plainfield, Sanbornton, Sandwich, Springfield, Sunapee, Tamworth, Tilton, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, and Wolfeboro and the cities of Claremont and Laconia.
II. Councilor district number 2 is constituted of the towns of Acworth, Allenstown, Alstead, Andover, Antrim, Barnstead, Bennington, Boscawen, Bow, Bradford, Brookfield, Canterbury, Chesterfield, Chichester, Danbury, Deerfield, Deering, Dublin, Epsom, Farmington, Francestown, Gilmanton, Gilsum, Goshen, Greenfield, Hancock, Harrisville, Henniker, Hill, Hillsborough, Hopkinton, Langdon, Lempster, Loudon, Marlborough, Marlow, Middleton, Milton, Nelson, New Durham, Newbury, New London, Northfield, Northwood, Pembroke, Pittsfield, Rollinsford, Roxbury, Salisbury, Stoddard, Strafford, Sullivan, Surry, Sutton, Unity, Walpole, Warner, Washington, Weare, Webster, Westmoreland, Wilmot, and Windsor and the cities of Concord, Franklin, Rochester, and Somersworth.
III. Councilor district number 3 is constituted of the towns of Atkinson, Barrington, Brentwood, Chester, Danville, Durham, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Greenland, Hampstead, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, Lee, Madbury, New Castle, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, Newton, North Hampton, Nottingham, Plaistow, Rye, Salem, Sandown, Seabrook, South Hampton, Stratham, and Windham and the cities of Dover and Portsmouth.
IV. Councilor district number 4 is constituted of the towns of Auburn, Bedford, Candia, Derry, Hooksett, Hudson, Litchfield, Londonderry, Pelham, and Raymond and the city of Manchester.
V. Councilor district number 5 is constituted of the towns of Amherst, Brookline, Dunbarton, Fitzwilliam, Goffstown, Greenville, Hinsdale, Hollis, Jaffrey, Lyndeborough, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, New Boston, New Ipswich, Peterborough, Richmond, Rindge, Sharon, Swanzey, Temple, Troy, Wilton, and Winchester and the cities of Keene and Nashua.
4 County Commissioner Districts. RSA 662:4 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
662:4 County Commissioner Districts. Except for Strafford county where 3 county commissioners shall be elected at large, for the purposes of choosing county commissioners, the counties shall be divided into districts as follows:
I. Belknap: District 1, the city of Laconia; District 2, the towns of Barnstead, Belmont, Gilmanton, Sanbornton, and Tilton; District 3, the towns of Alton, Center Harbor, Gilford, Meredith, and New Hampton.
II. Carroll: District 1, the unincorporated place of Hale’s Location and the towns of Bartlett, Chatham, Conway, Eaton, Hart’s Location, Jackson, and Madison; District 2, the towns of Albany, Freedom, Moultonborough, Ossipee, Sandwich, and Tamworth; District 3, the towns of Brookfield, Effingham, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, and Wolfeboro.
III. Cheshire: District 1, the towns of Chesterfield, Hinsdale, Surry, Swanzey, Walpole, Westmoreland, and Winchester; District 2, the town of Marlborough and the city of Keene; District 3, the towns of Alstead, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Gilsum, Harrisville, Jaffrey, Marlow, Nelson, Richmond, Rindge, Roxbury, Stoddard, Sullivan, and Troy.
IV. Coos: District 1, the unincorporated place of Success, the town of Shelburne, and the city of Berlin; District 2, the unincorporated places of Bean’s Grant, Bean’s Purchase, Chandler’s Purchase, Crawford’s Purchase, Cutt’s Grant, Green’s Grant, Kilkenny, Low and Burbank’s Grant, Martin’s Location, Pinkham’s Grant, Sargent’s Purchase, and Thompson and Meserve’s Purchase and the towns of Carroll, Dalton, Gorham, Jefferson, Lancaster, Randolph, and Whitefield; District 3, the unincorporated places of Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant, Cambridge, Dix’s Grant, Dixville, Erving’s Location, Odell, and Second College Grant and the towns of Clarksville, Colebrook, Columbia, Dummer, Errol, Milan, Millsfield, Northumberland, Pittsburg, Stark, Stewartstown, Stratford, and Wentworth’s Location.
V. Grafton: District 1, the towns of Enfield, Hanover, and Lebanon; District 2, the unincorporated place of Livermore and the towns of Bath, Benton, Bethlehem, Easton, Franconia, Haverhill, Landaff, Lincoln, Lisbon, Littleton, Lyman, Lyme, Monroe, Orford, Piermont, Sugar Hill, Warren, Wentworth, and Woodstock; District 3, the towns of Alexandria, Ashland, Bridgewater, Bristol, Campton, Canaan, Dorchester, Ellsworth, Grafton, Groton, Hebron, Holderness, Orange, Plymouth, Rumney, Thornton, and Waterville Valley.
VI. Hillsborough: District 1, the town of Bedford and the city of Manchester; District 2, the towns of Hollis, Hudson, and Pelham and the city of Nashua; District 3, the towns of Amherst, Antrim, Bennington, Brookline, Deering, Francestown, Goffstown, Greenfield, Greenville, Hancock, Hillsborough, Litchfield, Lyndeborough, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, New Boston, New Ipswich, Peterborough, Sharon, Temple, Weare, Wilton, and Windsor.
VII. Merrimack: District 1, the towns of Boscawen and Webster, and the city of Concord; District 2, the towns of Allenstown, Andover, Canterbury, Chichester, Epsom, Hill, Loudon, Northfield, Pembroke, Pittsfield, Salisbury, and the city of Franklin; District 3, the towns of Bradford, Bow, Danbury, Dunbarton, Henniker, Hooksett, Hopkinton, New London, Newbury, Sutton, Warner, and Wilmot.
VIII. Rockingham: District 1, the towns of Danville, East Kingston, Greenland, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, New Castle, Newington, Newton, North Hampton, Plaistow, Rye, Seabrook, South Hampton, and Stratham, and the city of Portsmouth; District 2, the towns of Atkinson, Brentwood, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Hampstead, Newfields, Newmarket, Raymond, Salem, and Sandown; District 3, the towns of Auburn, Candia, Chester, Deerfield, Derry, Londonderry, Northwood, Nottingham, and Windham.
IX. Sullivan: District 1, the city of Claremont; District 2, the towns of Cornish, Croydon, Grantham, Newport, Plainfield, and Springfield; District 3, the towns of Acworth, Charlestown, Goshen, Langdon, Lempster, Sunapee, Unity, and Washington.
5 Application. The changes in elective districts established by this act shall not affect constituencies or terms of office of any person presently in office. The districts established by this act shall be in effect for the purpose of electing officers at the 2012 state general election. If there shall be a vacancy in an office affected by this act for any reason prior to the 2012 state general election, the vacancy shall be filled by and from the same elective 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.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.