1-1 By: Brown, Van de Putte S.B. No. 1023
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 1, 2001; March 5, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
1-4 April 4, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
1-5 Nays 0; April 4, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to compensation for services rendered at a polling place
1-9 by election officers.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 32.091, Election Code, is
1-12 amended to read as follows:
1-13 (a) An election judge or clerk is entitled to compensation
1-14 for services rendered at a precinct polling place at an hourly rate
1-15 not to exceed the amount fixed by the appropriate authority, which
1-16 amount must be at least the federal minimum hourly wage [$6]. A
1-17 judge or clerk may be compensated at that rate for services
1-18 rendered under Section 62.014(c).
1-19 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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