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

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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]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           443
                               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
        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]  Every  board  of  elections may [employ] authorize election
     4  inspectors to work [half-day]  split  shifts  with  [adjusted]  prorated
     5  compensation,  provided,  however, that at least one inspector from each
     6  of the two major political parties is present at the poll site  for  the
     7  entire  time  that  the polls are open.   Each county board of elections
     8  shall prescribe the necessary rules and procedures to ensure proper poll
     9  site operation.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    11  it shall have become a law; provided that each  board  of  elections  is
    12  authorized to promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions
    13  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.
                                                                   LBD05852-01-7