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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 1036
BY REPRESENTATIVE BROSSETT
ELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS: Authorizes an increase in compensation of absentee by
mail and early voting commissioners for certain elections
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1314(E), relative to absentee by mail and early voting2
commissioners; to provide relative to the compensation of such commissioners; to3
provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 18:1314(E) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง1314. Absentee by mail and early voting commissioners7
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E. Compensation. An absentee by mail and early voting commissioner who9
serves on election day or during the counting and tabulating of provisional ballots10
shall receive fifty dollars or one hundred dollars for each day he serves. as provided11
below:12
(1) He shall receive one hundred dollars for elections for which the secretary13
of state has approved such compensation. The secretary of state may provide such14
approval upon application by the parish board of election supervisors when it is15
reasonably expected that a large number of persons will vote prior to election day.16
(2) He shall receive fifty dollars for elections other than those provided for17
in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.18
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not20
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature21
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If22 HLS 12RS-1552 ENGROSSED
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vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become1
effective on the day following such approval.2
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Brossett HB No. 1036
Abstract: Authorizes an increase in compensation of absentee by mail and early voting
commissioners for certain elections.
Present law provides qualifications for and procedures for selecting absentee by mail and
early voting commissioners. Provides that a parish board of election supervisors may utilize
absentee by mail and early voting commissioners to count absentee by mail and early voting
ballots in the parish. Requires such ballots to be counted on election day. Provides that
absentee by mail and early voting commissioners may assist the parish board of election
supervisors in counting and tabulating provisional ballots in the parish. Provides that
provisional ballots are counted on the third, and for some elections the fourth, day following
the election. Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides that an absentee by mail and early voting commissioner who serves on
election day or during the counting and tabulating of provisional ballots shall receive $50
for each day he serves.
Proposed law provides instead that an absentee by mail and early voting commissioner who
serves on election day or during the counting and tabulating of provisional ballots shall
receive $50 or $100 for each day he serves as provided below:
(1)$100 for elections for which the secretary of state has approved such compensation.
The secretary of state may provide such approval upon application by the parish
board of election supervisors when it is reasonably expected that a large number of
persons will vote prior to election day.
(2)$50 for service rendered in connection with elections other than those provided for
in (1) above.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 18:1314(E))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on House and Governmental
Affairs to the original bill.
1. Removes provisions of proposed law specifically providing that absentee by mail
and early voting commissioners receive $100 for gubernatorial and congressional
elections.