Senate Bill S559

                             
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                                    559
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  KRUEGER,  GOUNARDES,  LIU,  MAY -- 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. 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD01721-01-5
 S. 559                              2
 
 for their permanent employees, payable by the county or in the  case  of
 the  city  of  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 category.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.