Assembly Bill A1485

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes a statewide minimum payscale for certain election inspectors and coordinators and provides that counties assume payment of such workers

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A1485 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-420, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4295
2013-2014: A3122
2015-2016: A3517

2009-A1485 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a statewide minimum payscale for certain election inspectors and coordinators and provides that counties assume payment of such workers.

2009-A1485 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1485

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Election Law

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law, in relation to amount of pay for
  election inspectors and election coordinators

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 3-420 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 180 of the laws  of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  Election inspectors, poll clerks, election coordinators and quali-
fied voters appointed to act in place of an absent inspector,  clerk  or
coordinator shall be paid for their services on the days of registration
and  election,  by  the county containing the election district in which
they serve, in an amount fixed by the  county  legislative  body,  AT  A
DAILY  RATE  WHICH, IN THE CASE OF ELECTION INSPECTORS SHALL NOT BE LESS
THAN ONE HUNDRED THIRTY DOLLARS AND IN THE CASE OF ELECTION COORDINATORS
NOT LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, subject to such limitations as  shall
be  prescribed  or authorized by statute, except that in the city of New
York the amount of such compensation shall be payable by such  city  and
shall  be  fixed  by  the  mayor  at  a daily rate which, in the case of
election inspectors shall not be less than one  hundred  thirty  dollars
and  in  the  case  of  election  coordinators not less than two hundred
dollars. Such inspectors, poll clerks, election coordinators and  quali-
fied  voters  at  a general or special village election conducted by the
board of elections shall be paid by such [village] COUNTY in  an  amount
fixed by the [village board of trustees] COUNTY LEGISLATIVE BODY subject
to any such limitations.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00360-01-9

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