By Burnam                                             H.B. No. 2903
         77R8365 GGS-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to compensation for the training of and for services
 1-3     rendered at a polling place by certain election officers.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 32.091, Election Code, is amended by
 1-6     amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
 1-7     follows:
 1-8           (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), an [An] election
 1-9     judge or clerk is entitled to compensation for services rendered at
1-10     a precinct polling place at an hourly rate not to exceed $6.  A
1-11     judge or clerk may be compensated at that rate for services
1-12     rendered under Section 62.014(c).
1-13           (c)  For an election ordered by the governor or a county
1-14     authority or for a primary election, the maximum rate is $7 if the
1-15     election officer attended a training program as provided by
1-16     Subchapter F.
1-17           SECTION 2. Section 32.112, Election Code, is amended to read
1-18     as follows:
1-19           Sec. 32.112.  EXPENSE OF TRAINING JUDGES. The governing body
1-20     of a political subdivision may appropriate funds to:
1-21                 (1)  compensate its election judges, early voting
1-22     clerk, and deputy early voting clerks in charge of early voting
1-23     polling places for attending training programs, at an hourly rate
1-24     not to exceed the maximum rate of compensation of an election judge
 2-1     for services rendered at a precinct polling place or, if
 2-2     applicable, for attendance of a training program under Section
 2-3     32.114; and
 2-4                 (2)  pay the expenses of conducting the programs.
 2-5           SECTION 3. Section 32.114, Election Code, is amended by
 2-6     adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
 2-7           (e)  An election judge, early voting clerk, or deputy early
 2-8     voting clerk in charge of an early voting polling place is entitled
 2-9     to compensation for attending the training program at an hourly
2-10     rate not to exceed $7.
2-11           SECTION 4. Section 173.005, Election Code, is amended to read
2-12     as follows:
2-13           Sec. 173.005.  STATE COMPENSATION FOR TRAINING ELECTION
2-14     JUDGES. [(a)]  The maximum hourly rate payable with state funds in
2-15     a particular primary election year to election judges serving in a
2-16     primary election for attending training programs is the same as the
2-17     maximum rate prescribed by this code for [a political
2-18     subdivision's] compensation for attending a training program for
2-19     election judges appointed to serve in elections ordered by the
2-20     governor or a county authority [of its election judges for the same
2-21     activity].
2-22           [(b)  The secretary of state may deny payment of state funds
2-23     to a county executive committee for the purpose of training
2-24     election judges or may limit the amount of payment made.]
2-25           SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.