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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