HB 1380 - AS INTRODUCED

2018 SESSION

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04/01

HOUSE BILL 1380

AN ACT relative to unauthorized use of firearms.

SPONSORS: Rep. Dyer, Hills. 37; Rep. Phinney, Straf. 24

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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ANALYSIS

This bill allows for discharge of a firearm within the compact part of a city or town with the written permission of all abutting property owners.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2637

04/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

AN ACT relative to unauthorized use of firearms.

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

1  Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses; Unauthorized Use of Firearms.  Amend RSA 644:13, I to read as follows:

I.  A person is guilty of a violation if, within the compact part of a town or city, such person fires or discharges any cannon, gun, pistol, or other firearm, except by written permission of [the chief of police or governing body] all abutting property owners.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.