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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    January 9, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CYMBROWITZ, COLTON, ROBINSON -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to increasing the  compen-
         sation of election inspectors and other election workers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3-420  of  the  election  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  180  of  the  laws  of 2005, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    1. Election inspectors, poll clerks, election coordinators and  quali-
    5  fied  voters  appointed to act in place of an absent inspector, clerk or
    6  coordinator shall be paid for their services on the days of registration
    7  and election, by the county containing the election  district  in  which
    8  they  serve,  in an amount fixed by the county legislative body, subject
    9  to such limitations as shall be prescribed  or  authorized  by  statute,
   10  except  that  in  the  city  of New York the amount of such compensation
   11  shall be payable by such city and shall be fixed by the mayor at a daily
   12  rate which, in the case of election inspectors shall not  be  less  than
   13  one  hundred thirty dollars and in the case of election coordinators not
   14  less than two hundred dollars. Such inspectors,  poll  clerks,  election
   15  coordinators  and  qualified  voters  at  a  general  or special village
   16  election conducted by the board of  elections  shall  be  paid  by  such
   17  village  in  an amount fixed by the village board of trustees subject to
   18  any such limitations.  THE COMPENSATION PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS  SUBDI-
   19  VISION  OF  ELECTION INSPECTORS, POLL CLERKS, ELECTION COORDINATORS, AND
   20  QUALIFIED VOTERS APPOINTED TO ACT  IN  PLACE  OF  AN  ABSENT  INSPECTOR,
   21  CLERK,  OR  COORDINATOR,  WHO  HAVE OR WILL HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED IN ANY OF
   22  SUCH CAPACITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY OF EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE THE CITY OF  NEW
   23  YORK  OR  WITHIN  THE  CITY OF NEW YORK FOR FOUR OR MORE YEARS, SHALL BE
   24  INCREASED BY TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OTHERWISE PAYABLE.
   25    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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