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                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, COLTON, ROBINSON, CASTRO -- 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:

  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,  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 qualified  voters  at  a  general  or  special  village
election  conducted  by  the  board  of  elections shall be paid by such
village in an amount fixed by the village board of trustees  subject  to
any  such limitations.  THE COMPENSATION PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDI-
VISION OF 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 WITHIN THE COUNTY OF EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW
YORK OR WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR FOUR OR  MORE  YEARS,  SHALL  BE
INCREASED BY TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OTHERWISE PAYABLE.
  S 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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