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Minnesota House Bill HF1840 Compare Versions

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1	1		1.1 A bill for an act
2	2		1.2 relating to voting; establishing a standard for determining the residence of an
3	3		1.3 individual subject to a civil commitment order; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
4	4		1.4 section 200.031.
5	5		1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6		1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 200.031, is amended to read:
7	7		1.7 200.031 DETERMINATION OF RESIDENCE.
8	8		1.8 Residence shall be determined in accordance with the following principles, so far as
9	9		1.9they may be applicable to the facts of the case:
10	10		1.10 (1) The residence of an individual is in the precinct where the individual's home is
11	11		1.11located, from which the individual has no present intention of moving, and to which,
12	12		1.12whenever the individual is absent, the individual intends to return.
13	13		1.13 (2) An individual does not lose residence if the individual leaves home to live temporarily
14	14		1.14in another state or precinct.
15	15		1.15 (3) An individual does not acquire a residence in any precinct of this state if the individual
16	16		1.16is living there only temporarily, without the intention of making that precinct home.
17	17		1.17 (4) If an individual goes into another state or precinct with the intention of making it
18	18		1.18home or files an affidavit of residence there for election purposes, the individual loses
19	19		1.19residence in the former precinct.
20	20		1.20 (5) If an individual moves to another state with the intention of living there for an
21	21		1.21indefinite period, the individual loses residence in this state, notwithstanding any intention
22	22		1.22to return at some indefinite future time.
23	23		1Section 1.
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25	25		State of Minnesota
26	26		This Document can be made available
27	27		in alternative formats upon request
28	28		HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
29	29		H. F. No. 1840
30	30		NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
31	31		Authored by Altendorf, Fogelman, Davis, Duran and Lawrence03/03/2025
32		-	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations
33		-	Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Human Services Finance and Policy03/13/2025 2.1 (6) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual's residence is located in
	32	+	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations 2.1 (6) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual's residence is located in
34	33		2.2the precinct where the individual's family lives, unless the individual's family is living in
35	34		2.3that precinct only temporarily.
36	35		2.4 (7) If an individual's family lives in one precinct and the individual lives or does business
37	36		2.5in another, the individual's residence is located in the precinct where the individual's family
38	37		2.6lives, unless the individual establishes a home in the other precinct and intends to remain
39	38		2.7there, with or without the individual's family.
40	39		2.8 (8) The residence of a single individual is in the precinct where the individual lives and
41	40		2.9usually sleeps.
42	41		2.10 (9) The mere intention to acquire a new residence, is not sufficient to acquire a new
43	42		2.11residence, unless the individual moves to that location; moving to a new location is not
44	43		2.12sufficient to acquire a new residence unless the individual intends to remain there.
45	44		2.13 (10) The residence of an individual who is working temporarily in any precinct of this
46	45		2.14state is in the precinct where the individual's permanent home is located.
47	46		2.15 (11) The residence of an individual who is living permanently in a soldiers' home or
48	47		2.16nursing home is in the precinct where the home is located.
49	48		2.17 (12) If an individual's home lies in more than one precinct or political subdivision, the
50	49		2.18residence of the individual is in the precinct in which a majority of the room in which the
51	50		2.19individual usually sleeps is located.
52	51		2.20 (13) If an individual's home is destroyed or rendered uninhabitable by fire or natural
53	52		2.21disaster, the individual does not lose residence in the precinct where the home is located if
54	53		2.22the individual intends to return to the home when it is reconstructed or made habitable.
55		-	2.23 (14) The residence of ~~a person committed~~ to a ~~secure treatment facility as a sexual~~
56		-	2.~~24psychopathic personality~~ or ~~as a sexually dangerous person under chapter~~ 253D is the
57		-	2.~~25person's last known residential address prior to issuance of the committal order~~.
	54	+	2.23 (14) The residence of an individual subject to a civil commitment order under chapter
	55	+	2.24253B or 253D is the individual's last known residential address prior to issuance of the
	56	+	2.25order.
58	57		2Section 1.
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