Assembly Bill A5034

                             
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                                   5034
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to payment of election
   inspectors
 
   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,  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.  ALL  ELECTION  INSPECTORS  SHALL BE PAID WITHIN
 FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF THE ELECTION DURING WHICH  SUCH  ELECTION  INSPECTORS
 WORKED.
   2. An election inspector or poll clerk who attends a required training
 session shall be paid not less than twenty-five 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 the city of

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03174-01-5
              

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 New York, by such city. For administrative  purposes,  each  county  may
 establish one or more categories for the mileage allowance, based on the
 range of distance traveled, and pay the mileage allowance for that cate-
 gory.  PAYMENT  FOR  ATTENDING  SUCH REQUIRED TRAINING SESSIONS SHALL BE
 MADE WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS OF THE NEXT ELECTION FOLLOWING SUCH TRAINING
 SESSION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.