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CHAPTER 9
HB 592 – FINAL VERSION
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2012 SESSION
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
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 RSA 662:5 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: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