MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Municipalities; Apportionment and Elections
By: Representative Martinson
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-229, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF A MUNICIPALITY SHALL COMPENSATE MUNICIPAL ELECTION CLERKS, MANAGERS AND OTHER WORKERS OF POLLING PLACES IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE COMPENSATION PAID BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO COUNTY CLERKS, MANAGERS AND WORKERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 23-15-229, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
23-15-229. The compensation
for clerks, managers and other workers in the polling places of a municipality
shall be the same as the compensation required to be paid by the county * * * for clerks,
managers and other workers in the polling places under Section 23-15-227.
The governing authorities of a municipality * * *, in their discretion, may pay clerks
and managers in the polling places of the municipality an additional amount of
compensation not to exceed * * * the
additional discretionary compensation authorized to be paid by a county board
of supervisors for clerks, managers and other workers in the polling places
per election as provided in Section 23-15-227 * * *; however, the governing authorities of a
municipality shall not be required to pay any additional compensation. The
decision of a municipal governing authority to pay the additional compensation
authorized in Section 23-15-227 shall be solely in the discretion of each
municipal governing authority.
SECTION 2. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall submit this act, immediately upon approval by the Governor, or upon approval by the Legislature subsequent to a veto, to the Attorney General of the United States or to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date it is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.