Bill Text: NY A00360 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 360 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An act to amend the election law, in relation to compensation of election officials

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to election law [A00360 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A00360-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          360
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PHEFFER,  MAYERSOHN, COOK, GIANARIS, POWELL,
         DINOWITZ, COLTON, GOTTFRIED -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CYMBROW-
         ITZ, HEASTIE, JACOBS, MILLMAN, PERRY, WEISENBERG, WRIGHT -- read  once
         and referred to the Committee on Election Law
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law,  in  relation to compensation of
         election officials
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 3-420 of the election law, as
    2  amended by chapter 180 of the laws  of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    1.  Election inspectors, poll clerks, election coordinators and quali-
    5  fied voters appointed to act in place of an absent inspector,  clerk  or
    6  coordinator shall be paid for their services on the days of registration
    7  and  election,  by  the county containing the election district in which
    8  they serve, in an amount fixed by the county legislative  body,  subject
    9  to  such  limitations  as  shall be prescribed or authorized by statute,
   10  except that in the city of New York  the  amount  of  such  compensation
   11  shall be payable by such city and shall be fixed by the mayor at a daily
   12  rate  which,  in  the case of election inspectors shall not be less than
   13  [one hundred thirty] TWO HUNDRED  FIFTY  dollars  and  in  the  case  of
   14  election  coordinators  not  less than [two hundred] THREE HUNDRED FIFTY
   15  dollars. Such inspectors, poll clerks, election coordinators and  quali-
   16  fied  voters  at  a general or special village election conducted by the
   17  board of elections shall be paid by such village in an amount  fixed  by
   18  the village board of trustees subject to any such limitations.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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