SB548 SFAT Gaunch 2-28

Greenlief 7835

Senator Gaunch moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill 548--A Bill to amend and reenact §3-1-28, §3-1-44 and §3-1-48 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating generally to the conduct of elections; permitting candidates for district, county, or state political party executive committee to serve as election officials; authorizing compensation for election officials be fixed by county commission; requiring all election officials within a classification to be paid the same amount within each county; authorizing Secretary of State to set maximum compensation rates in certain elections where costs are determined to be obligations of the state; declaring compensation above maximum compensation set by Secretary of State in certain elections to be county obligation; and permitting State Election Commission, with recommendation from HAVA Grant Board and consistent with legislative rules of the program, approve grant to a county for the purchase of election systems or upgrades from the county assistance voting equipment fund; and directing Secretary of State issue emergency rules setting criteria for issuance of grants.

Adopted

Rejected