CHAPTER 13

HB 354 - FINAL VERSION

 

 

2021 SESSION

21-0516

08/05

 

HOUSE BILL 354

 

AN ACT relative to the local option for sports betting.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Lang, Belk. 4; Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 9; Rep. Trottier, Belk. 6

 

COMMITTEE: Ways and Means

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill makes the language relative to local adoption of sports betting parallel to the language relative to local adoption of keno.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21-0516

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

 

AN ACT relative to the local option for sports betting.

 

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

 

13:1  Sports Betting; Local Option.  Amend RSA 287-I:6, I(c) to read as follows:

(c) The wording of the question shall be substantially as follows: "Shall [we] the city/town of [fill in town/city name] allow the operation of sports book retail locations within [the town or city] [fill in city/town]?"

13:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.

 

Approved: April 23, 2021

Effective Date: July 01, 2021