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HB 1639-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2006 SESSION

06-2881

09/04

HOUSE BILL 1639-FN

AN ACT prohibiting the confiscation of lawfully owned and lawfully carried firearms during a state of emergency.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hopfgarten, Rock 5; Rep. Bicknell, Rock 1; Rep. Lund, Rock 5; Rep. Hellwig, Hills 27

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits law enforcement officers and other public officials from confiscating lawfully owned and lawfully carried firearms during a state of emergency.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

06-2881

09/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT prohibiting the confiscation of lawfully owned and lawfully carried firearms during a state of emergency.

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

1 New Paragraph; State of Emergency; Confiscation of Firearms Prohibited. Amend RSA 4:46 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:

VII.(a) Any law enforcement officer, person acting as a law enforcement officer, or other public official who confiscates or attempts to confiscate lawfully carried or lawfully owned firearms in this state during a declared state of emergency shall be charged with a class A felony.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 651:2, any violation of this paragraph shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $5,000, a letter of reprimand by the violator’s chief presiding law enforcement officer, and imprisonment for not less than 30 days in a state correctional facility.

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

LBAO

06-2881

11/2/05

http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2006/HB1639.html