By: Heflin H.B. No. 3901
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to compensation for certain election officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.091, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) An election judge or clerk is entitled to compensation
for services rendered at a precinct polling place at a minimum
hourly rate of $10 per hour. Except as provided by Subsection (c),
an election judge or clerk is entitled to compensation for services
rendered at a precinct polling place at an hourly rate not to exceed
the amount fixed by the appropriate authority, which amount must be
at least the federal minimum hourly wage. A judge or clerk may be
compensated at that rate for services rendered under Section
62.014(c).
(b) A judge or clerk may not be paid for more than one hour
of work before the polls open, except for payment made for work
under Section 62.014(c). In a precinct in which voting machines are
used, a judge or clerk may not be paid for more than two hours of
work after the time for closing the polls or after the last voter
has voted, whichever is later.
(c) For a primary or runoff primary election or if the
election officer attended a training program as provided by
Subchapter F, the minimum hourly rate is $10 per hourthe minimum
hourly rate is the greater of the maximum rate provided by
Subsection (a) or, if the election officer attended a training
program as provided by Subchapter F, [$7].
(d) The Secretary of State shall reimburse the county for
the difference between the federal minimum wage and the hourly rate
of no less than $10 per hour.
(e) Any time the federal minimum wage increases, the hourly
rate paid to election workers shall increase at the same increase.
SECTION 2. Section 32.114(e), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) An election judge, early voting clerk, or deputy early
voting clerk in charge of an early voting polling place is entitled
to compensation for attending the training program at an hourly
rate not to exceed the amount fixed by the appropriate authority,
which amount must be at least $10 per hour[$7].
(f) The Secretary of State shall reimburse the county for
the difference between the federal minimum wage and the hourly rate
of no less than $10 per hour.
(g) Any time the federal minimum wage increases, the hourly
rate paid to election workers shall increase at the same increase.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.