Senate Bill 2239

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-227, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MANAGER OR OTHER PERSON UTILIZES A PRIVATELY OWNED MOTOR VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT CERTAIN NECESSITIES REQUIRED FOR THE ELECTION TO OR FROM THE PLACE OF VOTING, HE SHALL BE REIMBURSED FOR MILEAGE TRAVELED IN EXCESS OF TEN MILES IN CARRYING OUT THIS DUTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 23-15-227, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

23-15-227. (1) The managers and clerks shall be each entitled to Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) for each election; however, the board of supervisors may, in its discretion, pay the managers and clerks an additional amount not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per election.

(2) The manager or other person who shall carry to the place of voting, away from the courthouse, the official ballots, ballot boxes, pollbooks and other necessities, shall be allowed Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each voting precinct for so doing. The manager or other person who acts as returning officer shall be allowed Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each voting precinct for that service. If a person who performs the duties described in this subsection utilizes a privately owned motor vehicle to perform them, he or she shall receive for each mile actually and necessarily traveled in excess of ten (10) miles, the mileage reimbursement rate allowable to federal employees for the use of a privately owned vehicle while on official travel.

(3) The compensation authorized in this section shall be allowed by the board of supervisors, and shall be payable out of the county treasury.

(4) The compensation provided in this section shall constitute payment in full for the services rendered by the persons named for any election, whether there be one (1) election or issue voted upon, or more than one (1) election or issue voted upon at the same time.

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.