Bill Text - SB445 (2020)

Relative to residency of children of members of the armed forces.


Revision: Dec. 19, 2019, 9:50 a.m.

SB 445  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-2836

11/01

 

SENATE BILL 445

 

AN ACT relative to residency of children of members of the armed forces.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Rep. Massimilla, Graf. 1; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. Cleaver, Hills. 35; Rep. Packard, Rock. 5

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides that children of members of the armed forces may retain their New Hampshire residency for purposes of a driver's license during a period of a parent's active deployment.

 

This bill is a request of the division of motor vehicles.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2836

11/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to residency of children of members of the armed forces.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Drivers' Licenses; Members of Armed Services; Federal Employees; Spouses; Residency.  Amend RSA 263:5-b, II to read as follows:

II.  A resident of this state shall not be considered as having lost residence when the sole reason for the person's absence is that he or she is accompanying his or her spouse or parent on a United States armed forces deployment outside the state of New Hampshire or state department or other federal agency assignment abroad.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.