Assembly Bill A4698

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Increases compensation of election inspectors to $300 and coordinators to $400 in New York city

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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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2015-A4698 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5332
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3-420, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1521
2011-2012: A926
2013-2014: A1340
2017-2018: A7044, S4170
2019-2020: A3191, S2511
2021-2022: A4354, S823
2023-2024: A2565, S136
2025-2026: A1993, S559

2015-A4698 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases compensation of election inspectors to $300 and coordinators to $400 in New York city.

2015-A4698 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4698

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to the compensation of
  election inspectors and 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,  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] THREE HUNDRED dollars and in the case  of  election
coordinators  not  less  than  [two  hundred] FOUR 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.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06438-01-5

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