Revision: March 8, 2016, midnight
\t \t\tHB 1356 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2512
\t03/09
HOUSE BILL\t1356
AN ACT\trelative to construction of the terms "resident" and "inhabitant."
SPONSORS:\tRep. Bates, Rock. 7; Rep. Flanagan, Hills. 26; Rep. Hinch, Hills. 21; Rep. Hoelzel, Rock. 3; Rep. Packard, Rock. 5; Rep. Hunt, Ches. 11; Rep. Chandler, Carr. 1; Rep. Kurk, Hills. 2; Rep. Hogan, Hills. 34; Rep. D. Thomas, Rock. 5
COMMITTEE:\tElection Law
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill modifies the general statutory definition of "resident or inhabitant."
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2512
\t03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to construction of the terms "resident" and "inhabitant."
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Statutory Construction; Resident; Inhabitant. Amend RSA 21:6 to read as follows:
\t21:6 Resident; Inhabitant. A resident or inhabitant or both of this state and of any city, town or other political subdivision of this state shall be a person who is domiciled or has a place of abode or both in this state and in any city, town, or other political subdivision of this state, and who has, through all of his or her actions, demonstrated a current intent to designate that place of abode as his or her principal place of physical presence [for the indefinite future] to the exclusion of all others.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.