Sec. 5. 21-A MRSA §112, sub-§§4, 7 and 8, as amended by PL 1993, c. 695, §3, are further amended to read:

4. Separate residence. The place where a person's family resides is presumed to be the person's place of residence, but a person may acquire a separate residence if the person takes another abode with the intention of remaining there. This subsection does not apply to armed forces personnel uniformed service voters, students and others covered by subsection 7.

7. Uniformed service voters, students, institutional patients, Indians. A person does not gain or lose a residence solely because of the person's presence or absence while employed in the Armed Forces uniformed service or the merchant marine of the United States or of this State, while a student in any institution of learning, while kept in any institution at public expense or while residing upon any Indian or military reservations. This subsection may not be construed to prevent a student at any institution of learning from qualifying as a voter in the municipality where the student resides while attending that institution.

8. Voting residence retained. A person who has gained a voting residence in a municipality retains it, if the person so desires, when the person becomes a patient at a federal institution or an employee of a federal agency where the person is required to reside on land ceded to the Federal Government by the State. This subsection applies to a member of the Armed Forces uniformed service, merchant marine or the National Guard who is required to be in a place other than that in which the person has gained a voting residence.

Sec. 6. 21-A MRSA §112, sub-§§10 and 11, as amended by PL 1993, c. 695, §4, are further amended to read:

10. Becoming 18 on federal property. A person who becomes 18 years of age while residing on federal property as a patient at a federal institution or an employee of a federal agency, or while in the Armed Forces uniformed service, is considered to have gained a voting residence in the municipality in which the person resided at the time the person became such a patient, employee or member of the Armed Forces uniformed service.

11. Spouse of member of uniformed service or merchant marine. A spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty person may have the same voting residence as that person's spouse who is a member of the uniformed service or merchant marine. A