Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to elections |
May 13, 2015 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S5332
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections 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
Actions
2015-S5332 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A4698
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง3-420, El L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
A1521
2011-2012: A926
2013-2014: A1340
2017-2018: S4170, A7044
2019-2020: S2511, A3191
2021-2022: S823, A4354
2023-2024: S136, A2565
2015-S5332 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5332 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to the compensation of election inspectors and coordinators PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To increase the pay of election inspectors and coordinators SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Amends subdivision 1 of section 3-420 of the election law to increase pay of election inspectors from no less than $130 to no less than $300, and election coordinators from no less than $200 to no less than $400 JUSTIFICATION: In light of many recent election scandals around the country resulting from unqualified election workers, New York State must attempt to attract the most competent and well qualified inspectors and coordina- tors for its elections. The best way to attract competent workers is to increase compensation for those jobs. This need for competent election inspectors and coordinators is especially important in light of the upgrades that New York State is currently bringing to its election
2015-S5332 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5332 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 13, 2015 ___________ 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. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06438-01-5
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.