2015-2016 Bill 4560: Poll Workers' Compensation - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 H. 4560 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 General Bill 9 Sponsors: Reps. Gilliard and Clyburn 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\18822ab16.docx 11 12 Introduced in the House on January 12, 2016 13 Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means 14 15 Summary: Poll workers' compensation 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 12/10/2015 House Prefiled 22 12/10/2015 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary 23 1/12/2016 House Introduced and read first time ( House Journalpage 105) 24 1/12/2016 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary ( House Journalpage 105) 25 2/25/2016 House Recalled from Committee on Judiciary ( House Journalpage 29) 26 2/25/2016 House Committed to Committee on Ways and Means ( House Journalpage 29) 27 28 View the latest legislative information at the website 29 30 31 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 32 33 12/10/2015 34 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND SECTION 713110, AS AMENDED, CODE OF 12 LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE 13 REQUIREMENT THAT POLL MANAGERS MUST BE 14 RESIDENTS AND REGISTERED ELECTORS OF COUNTIES, 15 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SERVES 16 AS A POLL MANAGER, ASSISTANT POLL MANAGER, OR 17 POLL WORKER MUST BE COMPENSATED IN AN AMOUNT 18 NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN DOLLARS AN HOUR WHILE 19 ATTENDING COMPULSORY ELECTIONS TRAINING 20 REQUIRED BY STATE LAW AND WHILE WORKING THE 21 DAY PRESCRIBED BY LAW TO CONDUCT GENERAL 22 ELECTIONS. 23 24 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 25 Carolina: 26 27 SECTION 1. Section 713110 of the 1976 Code, as last amended 28 by Act 53 of 2001, is further amended to read: 29 30 “Section 713110. (A) All managers of election for the various 31 polling places in the State must be residents and registered electors 32 of the respective counties in which they are appointed to work or 33 in an adjoining county. Any A person at least sixteen years of age 34 who has completed the training required by Section 71372 and 35 who is not otherwise disqualified by law may be appointed as a 36 poll manager’s assistant by the appropriate county election 37 commission. Any A sixteen or seventeenyearold appointed as a 38 poll manager’s assistant may not serve as chairman of the 39 managers or clerk in the polling place to which he or she is 40 appointed. Sixteen and seventeenyearolds must serve under 41 supervision of the chairman of the managers of the polling place, 42 and their specific duties must be prescribed by the county election

[4560] 2 1 commission. One sixteen or seventeenyearold assistant poll 2 manager may be appointed for every two regular poll managers 3 appointed to work in any a precinct. 4 (B) An individual who serves as a poll manager, assistant poll 5 manager, or poll worker is entitled to be compensated in an 6 amount not less than fifteen dollars an hour while: 7 (1) attending the compulsory elections training program 8 required pursuant to Section 71372; and 9 (2) working the day prescribed by law to conduct general 10 elections .” 11 12 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the 13 Governor. 14 XX 15

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