STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 1177

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Senator BASSANO)

ADOPTED: MARCH 10, 1997

      The purpose of this Senate amendment is to permit the board of education of a school district conducting a school election to increase the rate of pay of poll workers to $7.69, an hourly rate that is proportional to the rate of district board members within the county if the school district is within a county that provides that the compensation for its district board members at a primary, general or special election is $100.

      The amendment also clarifies that subsections a. (providing for additional compensation for certain duties), b. (providing for a reduction in compensation to $50 if the member failed to attend a required training program) and c. (providing for no compensation if a special election is held simultaneously) apply to district board members serving at a school election and that in the case of subsection b., the compensation shall be at an hourly rate of $3.85.