Increases compensation payable to election inspectors, poll clerks, election coordinators, and qualified voters appointed to act in place of an absent inspector, clerk, or coordinator, who have or will have been employed in any of such capacities for four or more years, by twenty-five percent of the amount otherwise payable.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1301
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, COLTON, ROBINSON -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to increasing the compen-
sation of election inspectors and other election workers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3-420 of the election law, as
2 amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 2005, is 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, subject
9 to such limitations as shall be prescribed or authorized by statute,
10 except that in the city of New York the amount of such compensation
11 shall be payable by such city and shall be fixed by the mayor at a daily
12 rate which, in the case of election inspectors shall not be less than
13 one hundred thirty dollars and in the case of election coordinators not
14 less than two hundred dollars. Such inspectors, poll clerks, election
15 coordinators and qualified voters at a general or special village
16 election conducted by the board of elections shall be paid by such
17 village in an amount fixed by the village board of trustees subject to
18 any such limitations. The compensation payable pursuant to this subdi-
19 vision of election inspectors, poll clerks, election coordinators, and
20 qualified voters appointed to act in place of an absent inspector,
21 clerk, or coordinator, who have or will have been employed in any of
22 such capacities within the county of employment outside the city of New
23 York or within the city of New York for four or more years, shall be
24 increased by twenty-five percent of the amount otherwise payable.
25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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