S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        756--B

                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                                   I N  S E N A T E

                                      (PREFILED)

                                    January 5, 2011
                                      ___________

       Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG, DeFRANCISCO, NOZZOLIO, RANZENHOFER -- read
         twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
         Committee  on Elections -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --  recommitted
         to the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
         --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
         and recommitted to said committee

       AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  permitting  election
         inspectors to split shifts

         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

    1    Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3-400  of  the  election  law,  as
    2  added by chapter 5 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
    3    7.  [The]  EVERY  board  of  elections may [employ] AUTHORIZE election
    4  inspectors to work [half-day]  SPLIT  shifts  with  [adjusted]  PRORATED
    5  compensation,  provided,  however, that at least one inspector from each
    6  of the two major political parties is present at the poll site  for  the
    7  entire  time  that  the polls are open.   Each county board of elections
    8  shall prescribe the necessary rules and procedures to ensure proper poll
    9  site operation.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   11  it shall have become a law; provided that each  board  of  elections  is
   12  authorized to promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions
   13  of this act on or before such effective date.



        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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