HB 227

Under existing law, an absentee election manager is compensated for his or her duties with respect to absentee ballots during the 45-day period before an election and on election day

This bill would provide for compensation of absentee election managers for the 55-day period before an election, the day of an election, and the seven-day period after an election

Relating to absentee election managers; to amend Section 17-11-14, Code of Alabama 1975; to revise the time periods for which absentee election managers are compensated.

Section 1

Section 17-11-14, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:

§17-11-14.

The county commission shall determine the amount of compensation to be paid to the absentee election manager or other absentee election manager for the performance of his or her duties with respect to the absentee ballots for which his or her services are required during the 45-day 55-day period prior to and on the election, the day of the election, and the seven-day period following the election during which ballots under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act may be returned for which his or her services are required , but such compensation shall be at least fifty dollars ($50) per day or the same pay as an inspector as authorized under Section 17-8-12, and the total number of days worked may not exceed 46 days. In all counties in which the compensation of absentee election managers is prescribed by local law or general law of local application at an amount in excess of the amount prescribed, the compensation of the absentee election manager shall not be increased or decreased. The amount shall be the total compensation allowed the absentee election manager for duties relating to absentee ballots in all elections held on the same day and shall be paid from the county treasury. Any reimbursement shall be as provided in Chapter 16."

Section 2

This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.