By:  Brown, Van de Putte                              S.B. No. 1023
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to compensation for services rendered at a polling place
 1-3     by election officers.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 32.091, Election Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  An election judge or clerk is entitled to compensation
 1-8     for services rendered at a precinct polling place at an hourly rate
 1-9     not to exceed the amount fixed by the appropriate authority, which
1-10     amount must be at least the federal minimum hourly wage [$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           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.