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2024 SESSION
24-3044.0
06/05
SENATE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to restricting the purchase of real property on or around military installations.
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the purchase of real property by the People's Republic of China on or within 10 miles of any military installations.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-3044.0
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to restricting the purchase of real property on or around military installations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Conveyances of Realty to Foreign Entities; Prohibited. Amend RSA 477 by inserting after section 22-a the following new section:
477:22-b Prohibition on Acquisition of Real Property on or around Military Installations; People's Republic of China.
I. Any company or development owned or controlled by a company that is owned, in whole or in part, by, or is a subsidiary of, a company that is owned by the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party or whose principal place of business is located within the People's Republic of China shall not own, lease, possess, or exercise any control over real property on or within 10 miles of any military installation or critical infrastructure facility.
II. For purposes of this section:
(a) "Chinese Communist Party" includes all agencies, institutions, and instrumentalities of the Chinese Communist Party.
(b) "Company'"or "development" means a sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, trust, venture, group, subgroup, or any other entity or organization, its subsidiary or affiliate that exists for-profit-making purposes or to otherwise secure economic advantage.
(c) "People's Republic of China" includes all agencies, institutions, instrumentalities, and political subdivisions of the People's Republic of China.
(d) "Military installation" means a base, camp, post, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship, or other activity under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, including any leased facility, which is located within any of the several states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas Islands, and any other U.S. territory.
III. Any person who fails to comply with this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.