| 1 | 1 | | By: Heflin H.B. No. 3901 |
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| 3 | 3 | | |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to compensation for certain election officers. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 32.091, Election Code, is amended to |
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| 9 | 9 | | read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | (a) An election judge or clerk is entitled to compensation |
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| 11 | 11 | | for services rendered at a precinct polling place at a minimum |
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| 12 | 12 | | hourly rate of $10 per hour. Except as provided by Subsection (c), |
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| 13 | 13 | | an election judge or clerk is entitled to compensation for services |
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| 14 | 14 | | rendered at a precinct polling place at an hourly rate not to exceed |
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| 15 | 15 | | the amount fixed by the appropriate authority, which amount must be |
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| 16 | 16 | | at least the federal minimum hourly wage. A judge or clerk may be |
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| 17 | 17 | | compensated at that rate for services rendered under Section |
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| 18 | 18 | | 62.014(c). |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) A judge or clerk may not be paid for more than one hour |
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| 20 | 20 | | of work before the polls open, except for payment made for work |
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| 21 | 21 | | under Section 62.014(c). In a precinct in which voting machines are |
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| 22 | 22 | | used, a judge or clerk may not be paid for more than two hours of |
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| 23 | 23 | | work after the time for closing the polls or after the last voter |
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| 24 | 24 | | has voted, whichever is later. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) For a primary or runoff primary election or if the |
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| 26 | 26 | | election officer attended a training program as provided by |
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| 27 | 27 | | Subchapter F, the minimum hourly rate is $10 per hourthe minimum |
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| 28 | 28 | | hourly rate is the greater of the maximum rate provided by |
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| 29 | 29 | | Subsection (a) or, if the election officer attended a training |
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| 30 | 30 | | program as provided by Subchapter F, [$7]. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (d) The Secretary of State shall reimburse the county for |
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| 32 | 32 | | the difference between the federal minimum wage and the hourly rate |
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| 33 | 33 | | of no less than $10 per hour. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (e) Any time the federal minimum wage increases, the hourly |
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| 35 | 35 | | rate paid to election workers shall increase at the same increase. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. Section 32.114(e), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 37 | 37 | | read as follows: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (e) An election judge, early voting clerk, or deputy early |
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| 39 | 39 | | voting clerk in charge of an early voting polling place is entitled |
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| 40 | 40 | | to compensation for attending the training program at an hourly |
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| 41 | 41 | | rate not to exceed the amount fixed by the appropriate authority, |
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| 42 | 42 | | which amount must be at least $10 per hour[$7]. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (f) The Secretary of State shall reimburse the county for |
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| 44 | 44 | | the difference between the federal minimum wage and the hourly rate |
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| 45 | 45 | | of no less than $10 per hour. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (g) Any time the federal minimum wage increases, the hourly |
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| 47 | 47 | | rate paid to election workers shall increase at the same increase. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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