House Bill 990

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-227, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY MANAGER, CLERK OR OTHER PERSON WHO WAS PRESENT AT THE VOTING PRECINCT AND IS REQUIRED TO RETURN TO THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE AFTER THE POLLS CLOSE ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION; 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~~ such duties, 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. If the registrar requires any other manager, clerk or other person who was present at the voting precinct to return to such registrar's office after the polls close on the day of the election, then such person 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 to the registrar's office.

(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. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.