Bill Text: NY S00136 | 2023-2024 | 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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-05-13 - referred to election law [S00136 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00136-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           136

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  KRUEGER,  GOUNARDES,  LIU,  MAY -- 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 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.
                                                                   LBD01077-01-3
        S. 136                              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.