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SB110: (New Title) relative to residency status.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2023 SB110
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Committee
House Municipal and County Government
Hearing
04/20/2023 at 10:45 AM
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CHAPTER 161

SB 110-FN-LOCAL - FINAL VERSION

03/09/2023 0618s

2023 SESSION

23-0785

07/05

SENATE BILL 110-FN-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to residency status.

SPONSORS: Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. Newell, Ches. 4

COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the residency status of transient individuals for purposes of determining responsibility for local assistance.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/09/2023 0618s 23-0785

07/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to residency status.

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

161:1 Public Safety and Welfare; Aid to Assisted Persons; Nonresidents. Amend RSA 165:1-c to read as follows:

165:1-c Nonresidents.

I. Any person, poor and unable to support himself, who is temporarily in a town or city which is not his residence, and who does not intend to make it his residence, shall be provided such temporary assistance as is reasonable and necessary by such town or city. Such town or city may, if requested, cause such person to be returned to his residence.

II. In addition to emergency housing governed by RSA 126-A:30, a person does not change his or her residency status while in a hospital, a correctional facility, a treatment program center, or a hotel or motel paid for by a municipality or other service provider, except as provided in this section.

III. A person who leaves emergency housing of their own free will and remains in a situation of homelessness or is removed from emergency housing for non-compliance or policy violations of emergency housing or local welfare regulations, shall not be considered to have changed his or her residency status for 30 days.

IV. A person assisted by a municipality, or other assistance providers, with emergency housing assistance in a hotel or motel in another municipality, who then self pays for a consecutive 30 days without municipal or other provider assistance shall, for local welfare purposes, transition residency to the new municipality.

V. Temporary urgent assistance may need to be provided to meet basic needs of transient individuals or residents of other municipalities. Municipalities shall communicate and coordinate assistance options with each other, including reimbursements from municipalities of origin pursuant to RSA 165:2-a.

161:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 28, 2023

Effective Date: September 26, 2023