Bill Text: TX HB703 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the compensation of an election judge or clerk.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-28 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB703 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB703-Introduced.html

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88R558 MLH-D
By: González of Dallas H.B. No. 703

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the compensation of an election judge or clerk.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.091(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) A judge or clerk may not be paid for more than two hours
[one hour] of work before the polls open, except for payment made
for work under Section 62.014(c). In a precinct in which voting
machines are used, a judge or clerk may not be paid for more than two
hours of work after the time for closing the polls or after the last
voter has voted, whichever is later.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.