Bill Text: NY A00926 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases compensation of election inspectors to $300 and coordinators to $400 in New York city.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to election law [A00926 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A00926-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          926
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Election Law
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to the compensation of
         election inspectors and coordinators
         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] THREE HUNDRED dollars and in the case  of  election
   14  coordinators  not  less  than  [two  hundred] FOUR HUNDRED dollars. Such
   15  inspectors, poll clerks, election coordinators and qualified voters at a
   16  general or special village election conducted by the board of  elections
   17  shall be paid by such village in an amount fixed by the village board of
   18  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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