Assembly Bill A2565

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases compensation of election inspectors to $300 and coordinators to $350 in New York city

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A2565 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S136
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
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: A4698, S5332
2017-2018: A7044, S4170
2019-2020: A3191, S2511
2021-2022: A4354, S823

2023-A2565 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases compensation of election inspectors to $300 and coordinators to $350 in New York city.

2023-A2565 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2565
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. COLTON, DICKENS, SEAWRIGHT, WILLIAMS, HYNDMAN --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, SIMON -- 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. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 3-420 of the election law,
 as amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 2005, are 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,  WHICH
 SHALL BE NO LESS THAN THREE 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] THREE
 HUNDRED  dollars  and in the case of election coordinators not less than
 [two hundred] THREE HUNDRED FIFTY 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. An election inspector or poll clerk who attends a required training
 session shall be paid not less than [twenty-five] FIFTY dollars for each
 meeting plus, at the option of the county, transportation  expenses  not
 to  exceed the mileage allowance approved by the county legislative body
 for their permanent employees, payable by the county or in the  case  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01077-01-3
              

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