HB 294 – AS INTRODUCED
2013 SESSION
03/05
HOUSE BILL 294
AN ACT relative to voter database information provided for preparation of jury lists.
This bill clarifies what voter registration database information the secretary of state is authorized to provide for preparation of jury lists.
This bill was requested by the secretary of state.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
13-0774
03/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to voter database information provided for preparation of jury lists.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Centralized Voter Registration Database; Jury Lists. Amend RSA 654:45, VI to read as follows:
VI. The voter database shall be private and confidential and shall not be subject to RSA 91-A and RSA 654:31. The secretary of state is authorized to provide voter database record data from checklist information as defined in RSA 654:31, I(a) to the administrative office of the courts to assist in the preparation of master jury lists pursuant to RSA 500-A and to the clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of New Hampshire to assist in the preparation of federal court jury lists. The voter checklist for a town or city shall be available pursuant to RSA 654:31. Any person who discloses information from the voter database in any manner not authorized by this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.