HB71ENROLLED
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L5T9AW-2
By Representatives Rehm, Lee, Sorrells, Clouse (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 07-Mar-23
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Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to Houston County; to amend Section 45-35-111,
Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the compensation and
appointment of election officials; and to repeal Section
45-35-111.01, Code of Alabama 1975.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 45-35-111, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง45-35-111
(a)(1) In Houston County, the election officials who
work at polling places are hereby entitled to an additional
per diem allowance in such an amount as will, together with
any amount paid by the state, make the total paid to such
officials fifty-five dollars ($55) for each day they work at
the polls and supervisors are hereby entitled to an additional
per diem allowance in such amount as will, together with any
amount paid by the state, make the total paid to them
sixty-five dollars ($65) for each day they work at the
polls.referred to in Section 17-8-12 as "inspectors" and
"clerks" are respectively referred to as "chief inspectors"
and "poll workers."
(2) The Houston County Appointing Board may appoint
chief inspectors and deputy chief inspectors from the total
number of appointed poll workers.
(b) A chief inspector shall receive additional
compensation in an amount that, together with any amount paid
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by the state, shall make his or her total compensation two
hundred dollars ($200) per day for each day he or she works at
the polls.
(c) A deputy chief inspector shall receive additional
compensation in an amount that, together with any amount paid
by the state, shall make his or her total compensation one
hundred fifty dollars ($150) per day for each day he or she
works at the polls.
(d) Poll workers shall receive additional compensation
in an amount that, together with any amount paid by the state,
shall make their total compensation one hundred twenty-five
dollars ($125) per day for each day they work at the polls.
(e) If the amount paid to such the above officials as
compensation or expense allowance by the state increases in
the future, then the amount paid by the county under this
section shall automatically decrease in a like amount.
(f) The expense allowance All additional compensation
provided for in this section shall be paid from the general
fund of the county."
Section 2. Section 45-35-111.01, Code of Alabama 1975,
providing for additional compensation for Houston County poll
workers, is repealed.
Section 3. This act shall become effective immediately
following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its
otherwise becoming law.
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________________________________________________
Speaker of the House of Representatives
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
House of Representatives
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
was passed by the House 11-Apr-23.
John Treadwell
Clerk
Senate 20-Apr-23 Passed
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