Revision: Dec. 16, 2011, midnight
SB 201 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
03/10
SENATE BILL 201
AN ACT apportioning state senate districts.
SPONSORS: Sen. Prescott, Dist 23
This bill establishes new state senate 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2909
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT apportioning state senate districts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 State Senate Districts. RSA 662:3 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
662:3 State Senate Districts. The state is divided into 24 districts for the choosing of state senators, each of which may elect one senator. The districts shall be constituted as follows:
I. Senatorial district number 1 is constituted of Coos county and Albany, Bartlett, Bethlehem, Franconia, Hale’s Location, Hart’s Location, Jackson, Lincoln, Lisbon, Littleton, Livermore, Lyman, Sugar Hill, and Waterville Valley.
II. Senatorial district number 2 is constituted of Alexandria, Ashland, Bath, Benton, Bridgewater, Bristol, Campton, Canaan, Center Harbor, Dorchester, Easton, Ellsworth, Groton, Haverhill, Hebron, Holderness, Landaff, Lyme, Meredith, Monroe, New Hampton, Orange, Orford, Piermont, Plymouth, Rumney, Sanbornton, Thornton, Warren, Wentworth, and Woodstock.
III. Senatorial district number 3 is constituted of Brookfield, Chatham, Conway, Eaton, Effingham, Farmington, Freedom, Madison, Middleton, Milton, Moultonborough, Ossipee, Sandwich, Tamworth, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, and Wolfeboro.
IV. Senatorial district number 4 is constituted of Alton, Barnstead, Belmont, Gilford, Gilmanton, Laconia, New Durham, Strafford, and Tilton.
V. Senatorial district number 5 is constituted of Andover, Cornish, Croydon, Danbury, Enfield, Franklin, Grafton, Grantham, Hanover, Hill, Lebanon, Plainfield, Springfield, and Wilmot.
VI. Senatorial district number 6 is constituted of Barrington, Madbury, Nottingham, Rochester, and Somersworth.
VII. Senatorial district number 7 is constituted of Antrim, Bennington, Boscawen, Bradford, Canterbury, Deering, Francestown, Hancock, Harrisville, Henniker, Hillsborough, Loudon, Nelson, Northfield, Salisbury, Warner, Weare, Webster, and Windsor.
VIII. Senatorial district number 8 is constituted of Acworth, Alstead, Charlestown, Claremont, Gilsum, Goshen, Langdon, Lempster, Marlow, New London, Newbury, Newport, Roxbury, Stoddard, Sullivan, Sunapee, Sutton, Unity, Walpole, Washington, and Westmoreland.
IX. Senatorial district number 9 is constituted of Bedford, Greenfield, Lyndeborough, Merrimack, Mont Vernon, and New Boston.
X. Senatorial district number 10 is constituted of Chesterfield, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Hinsdale, Keene, Marlborough, Richmond, Surry, Swanzey, Troy, and Winchester.
XI. Senatorial district number 11 is constituted of Amherst, Greenville, Jaffrey, Milford, New Ipswich, Peterborough, Rindge, Sharon, Temple, and Wilton.
XII. Senatorial district number 12 is constituted of wards 1, 2, 5, and 9 in Nashua, and Brookline, Hollis, and Mason.
XIII. Senatorial district number 13 is constituted of wards 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 in Nashua.
XIV. Senatorial district number 14 is constituted of Auburn, Hudson, and Londonderry.
XV. Senatorial district number 15 is constituted of Concord, Hopkinton, and Pembroke.
XVI. Senatorial district number 16 is constituted of wards 1, 2, and 12 in Manchester, and Bow, Candia, Dunbarton, and Hooksett.
XVII. Senatorial district number 17 is constituted of Allenstown, Brentwood, Chester, Chichester, Danville, Deerfield, Epsom, Fremont, Northwood, Pittsfield, Raymond, and Sandown.
XVIII. Senatorial district number 18 is constituted of wards 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in Manchester, and Litchfield.
XIX. Senatorial district number 19 is constituted of Derry, Hampstead, and Windham.
XX. Senatorial district number 20 is constituted of wards 3, 4, 10, and 11 in Manchester, and Goffstown.
XXI. Senatorial district number 21 is constituted of Dover, Durham, Epping, Lee, and Rollinsford.
XXII. Senatorial district number 22 is constituted of Atkinson, Pelham, Plaistow, and Salem.
XXIII. Senatorial district number 23 is constituted of East Kingston, Exeter, Kensington, Kingston, Newfields, Newmarket, Newton, Seabrook, South Hampton, and Stratham.
XXIV. Senatorial district number 24 is constituted of Greenland, Hampton, Hampton Falls, New Castle, Newington, North Hampton, Portsmouth, and Rye.
2 Application. The changes in state senate districts established by this act shall not affect constituencies or terms of office of senators presently in office. The state senate districts established by this act shall be in effect for the purpose of electing senators at the 2012 state general election. If there shall be a vacancy in a state senate district for any reason prior to the 2012 state general election, the vacancy shall be filled by and from the same state senate 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 senate of the general court that assembled for a biennial session in January 2011.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.