1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to voting; establishing a standard for determining the residence of an
1.3 individual subject to a civil commitment order; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
1.4 section 200.031.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 200.031, is amended to read:
1.7 200.031 DETERMINATION OF RESIDENCE.
1.8 Residence shall be determined in accordance with the following principles, so far as
1.9they may be applicable to the facts of the case:
1.10 (1) The residence of an individual is in the precinct where the individual's home is
1.11located, from which the individual has no present intention of moving, and to which,
1.12whenever the individual is absent, the individual intends to return.
1.13 (2) An individual does not lose residence if the individual leaves home to live temporarily
1.14in another state or precinct.
1.15 (3) An individual does not acquire a residence in any precinct of this state if the individual
1.16is living there only temporarily, without the intention of making that precinct home.
1.17 (4) If an individual goes into another state or precinct with the intention of making it
1.18home or files an affidavit of residence there for election purposes, the individual loses
1.19residence in the former precinct.
1.20 (5) If an individual moves to another state with the intention of living there for an
1.21indefinite period, the individual loses residence in this state, notwithstanding any intention
1.22to return at some indefinite future time.
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2267NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: LUCERO)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading03/06/2025
Referred to Elections 2.1 (6) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual's residence is located in
2.2the precinct where the individual's family lives, unless the individual's family is living in
2.3that precinct only temporarily.
2.4 (7) If an individual's family lives in one precinct and the individual lives or does business
2.5in another, the individual's residence is located in the precinct where the individual's family
2.6lives, unless the individual establishes a home in the other precinct and intends to remain
2.7there, with or without the individual's family.
2.8 (8) The residence of a single individual is in the precinct where the individual lives and
2.9usually sleeps.
2.10 (9) The mere intention to acquire a new residence, is not sufficient to acquire a new
2.11residence, unless the individual moves to that location; moving to a new location is not
2.12sufficient to acquire a new residence unless the individual intends to remain there.
2.13 (10) The residence of an individual who is working temporarily in any precinct of this
2.14state is in the precinct where the individual's permanent home is located.
2.15 (11) The residence of an individual who is living permanently in a soldiers' home or
2.16nursing home is in the precinct where the home is located.
2.17 (12) If an individual's home lies in more than one precinct or political subdivision, the
2.18residence of the individual is in the precinct in which a majority of the room in which the
2.19individual usually sleeps is located.
2.20 (13) If an individual's home is destroyed or rendered uninhabitable by fire or natural
2.21disaster, the individual does not lose residence in the precinct where the home is located if
2.22the individual intends to return to the home when it is reconstructed or made habitable.
2.23 (14) The residence of an individual subject to a civil commitment order under chapter
2.24253B or 253D is the individual's last known residential address prior to issuance of the
2.25order.
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