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.