Bill Text: TX SB1052 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

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

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-13 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1052 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1052-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 1052

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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1052 passed the Senate on
April 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1052 passed the House on
April 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 17, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor