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Senate Bill S2191

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Permits boards of elections to engage election inspectors to split shifts, their compensation to be prorated accordingly

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2013-S2191 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3-400, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1097
2011-2012: S756
2015-2016: S3007
2017-2018: S443

2013-S2191 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits boards of elections to allow election inspectors to work split shifts, their compensation shall be prorated accordingly.

2013-S2191 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2191 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2191

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 14, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG, DeFRANCISCO, RANZENHOFER -- read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
  Elections

AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to permitting election
  inspectors to split shifts

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section 3-400 of the election law, as
added by chapter 5 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  7. [The] EVERY board of  elections  may  [employ]  AUTHORIZE  election
inspectors  to  work  [half-day]  SPLIT  shifts with [adjusted] PRORATED
compensation, provided, however, that at least one inspector  from  each
of  the  two major political parties is present at the poll site for the
entire time that the polls are open.   Each county  board  of  elections
shall prescribe the necessary rules and procedures to ensure proper poll
site operation.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it  shall  have  become  a law; provided that each board of elections is
authorized to promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions
of this act on or before such effective date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06499-01-3

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