Bill Text: NY A01993 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases compensation of election inspectors to $300 and coordinators to $350 in New York city.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-3)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-14 - referred to election law [A01993 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A01993-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1993

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 14, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. COLTON, SEAWRIGHT, WILLIAMS, HYNDMAN, WOERNER,
          BENDETT, NOVAKHOV, CHANG, DAVILA, SAYEGH,  BROOK-KRASNY,  REYES,  LEE,
          TAYLOR  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, SIMON -- 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. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 3-420 of the election  law,
     2  as  amended  by  chapter 180 of the laws of 2005, are 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, which
     9  shall be no less than three hundred dollars, subject to such limitations
    10  as shall be prescribed or authorized by statute, except that in the city
    11  of New York the amount of such compensation shall  be  payable  by  such
    12  city  and shall be fixed by the mayor at a daily rate which, in the case
    13  of election inspectors shall not be less than [one hundred thirty] three
    14  hundred dollars and in the case of election coordinators not  less  than
    15  [two hundred] three hundred fifty dollars. Such inspectors, poll clerks,
    16  election  coordinators  and  qualified  voters  at  a general or special
    17  village election conducted by the board of elections shall  be  paid  by
    18  such village in an amount fixed by the village board of trustees subject
    19  to any such limitations.
    20    2. An election inspector or poll clerk who attends a required training
    21  session shall be paid not less than [twenty-five] fifty dollars for each
    22  meeting  plus,  at the option of the county, transportation expenses not
    23  to exceed the mileage allowance approved by the county legislative  body

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01721-01-5
        A. 1993                             2

     1  for  their  permanent employees, payable by the county or in the case of
     2  the city of New York, by such city. For  administrative  purposes,  each
     3  county  may  establish one or more categories for the mileage allowance,
     4  based  on  the range of distance traveled, and pay the mileage allowance
     5  for that category.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.