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