Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. The first paragraph of section 2 of chapter 54 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- For the sole purpose of dividing a city into precincts under this section, no inhabitant of a college or university, correctional institution, healthcare or mental health facility, military reservation or other such institution shall be counted, unless such inhabitant of any such institution is a registered voter of the city; provided, however, that all such inhabitants of such institutions shall be included in the state census returns required by section seven of chapter nine.

SECTION 2. The second paragraph of section 6 of said chapter 54, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- For the sole purpose of dividing a town into precincts under this section, no inhabitant of a college or university, correctional institution, healthcare or mental health facility, military reservation or other such institution shall be counted, unless such inhabitant of any such institution is a registered voter in such town; provided, however, that all such inhabitants of such institutions shall be included in the state census returns required by section seven of chapter nine.