88R558 MLH-D
 
  By: González of Dallas, Smith, Bucy, Manuel, H.B. No. 703
      Cain
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the compensation of an election judge or clerk.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 32.091(b), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A judge or clerk may not be paid for more than two hours
  [one hour] of work before the polls open, except for payment made
  for work under Section 62.014(c).  In a precinct in which voting
  machines are used, a judge or clerk may not be paid for more than two
  hours of work after the time for closing the polls or after the last
  voter has voted, whichever is later.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.