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Senate Bill S4170

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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2017-S4170 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7044
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-420, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1521
2011-2012: A926
2013-2014: A1340
2015-2016: S5332, A4698
2019-2020: S2511, A3191
2021-2022: S823, A4354
2023-2024: S136, A2565
2025-2026: S559, A1993

2017-S4170 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-S4170 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4170 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4170
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- 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  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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04916-01-7

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