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HB1115: relative to the discharge of a firearm in the compact part of a city or town.

Citation
2020 HB1115
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House status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
House Municipal and County Government
Hearing
02/18/2020 at 11:00 AM
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Local government Public safety

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HB 1115 - AS INTRODUCED

2020 SESSION

20-2062

04/06

HOUSE BILL 1115

AN ACT relative to the discharge of a firearm in the compact part of a city or town.

SPONSORS: Rep. Doherty, Merr. 20; Rep. Schuett, Merr. 20; Rep. St. John, Hills. 27; Rep. McGhee, Hills. 40; Rep. Andrew Bouldin, Hills. 12; Rep. Coursin, Rock. 1; Rep. K. Murray, Rock. 24

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill amends the definition of the compact part of a city or town in which a firearm may be discharged.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2062

04/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

AN ACT relative to the discharge of a firearm in the compact part of a city or town.

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

1 Unauthorized Use of Firearms; Definition of Compact Part. Amend RSA 644:13, II(b) to read as follows:

(b) "Compact part" means the territory within a town or city comprised of the following:

(1) Any nonresidential, commercial building, including, but not limited to, industrial, educational, or medical buildings, plus a perimeter [300] 900 feet wide around all such buildings without permission of the owner.

(2) Any park, playground, [or other] outdoor public gathering place, or other property designated by the legislative body of the city or town for public recreational use.

(3) Any contiguous area containing 6 or more buildings which are used as either part-time or permanent dwellings and the spaces between them where each such building is within 300 feet of at least one of the others, plus a perimeter 300 feet wide around all the buildings in such area.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.