Bill Text: NY S00443 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Permits boards of elections to allow election inspectors to work split shifts; their compensation shall be adjusted accordingly.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-22 - SUBSTITUTED BY A6907A [S00443 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00443-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         443--A
            Cal. No. 311
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 4, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens. YOUNG, COMRIE, DeFRANCISCO, MARCHIONE, RANZENHOFER
          -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
          the Committee on Elections -- reported favorably from said  committee,
          ordered  to  first  and  second  report,  ordered  to a third reading,
          amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
          third reading
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to permitting election
          inspectors to split shifts
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section 3-400 of the election law, as
     2  added by chapter 5 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     3    7. The board of elections  may  employ  election  inspectors  to  work
     4  [half-day]  split  shifts with adjusted compensation, provided, however,
     5  that at least one inspector from each of the two major political parties
     6  is present at the poll site for the entire time that the polls are open.
     7  Each county board of elections shall prescribe the necessary  rules  and
     8  procedures to ensure proper poll site operation.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    10  it  shall  have  become  a law; provided that each board of elections is
    11  authorized to promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions
    12  of this act on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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