NY State Senate Bill 2023-S3041

Senate Bill S3041

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases the minimum compensation to be paid to election day workers within the city of New York

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to elections
Jan 27, 2023	referred to elections

2023-S3041 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Elections
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3-420, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7981
2021-2022: S319

2023-S3041 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the minimum compensation to be paid to election day workers to three hundred dollars and election coordinators to four hundred dollars within the city of New York.

2023-S3041 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S3041                 Revised 4/13/23

SPONSOR: MYRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the election law, in relation to increasing the minimum
compensation to be paid to election day workers within the city of New
York

 
PURPOSE:

Increase the statutory minimum compensation to $300 per day for inspec-
tors and other poll workers and to $400 per day for coordinators within
New York City.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subdivision I of section 3-420 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 2005 which increases the minimum
compensation to election inspectors to no less than $300, and no less
than $400 for election coordinators in New York City.

Section 2 provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The last statutory increase in the minimum compensation to be paid to
election day workers in the City of New York was enacted into law in
1997. In 2001, the Mayor of the City of New York increased the minimum
compensation for election inspectors to $200 and election coordinators
to $300. Last year, the Mayor of the City of New York increased the
minimum compensation for election inspectors to $250 and election coor-
dinators to $350. The duties and responsibilities of all poll workers
have dramatically changed and have become more complex with the intro-
duction of the new voting system in 2010 and early voting in 2019. Addi-
tional mandates have been assigned to poll workers with respect to poll
site accessibility issues stemming from both State Legislative changes
and a Federal Court Order. With election day for poll workers beginning
at 5:00 AM and ending at 10:00 PM at the earliest, the average poll
workers now spend at least 17 hours at the poll site.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S319 of 2021-22: Referred to Elections.

S7981 of 2019-20: Referred to Elections.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S3041 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3041
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- 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 increasing the  minimum
   compensation to be paid to election day workers within the city of New
   York

   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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04076-01-3

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