The compensation for poll managers and other workers in the polling places of a municipality shall be the same as the compensation paid by the county for those services; provided, however, that the governing authorities of a municipality shall not be required to pay any additional compensation authorized by the board of supervisors. The governing authorities of a municipality may, in their discretion, pay clerks and poll managers in the polling places of the municipality an additional amount of compensation not to exceed Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) per election. Such compensation shall be payable out of the municipal general fund.Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-184 [Laws, 1973, ch. 346, § 1; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 63; Laws, 1995, ch. 446, § 2, eff. 8/4/1995 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection).Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 489, SB 2353,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 460, HB 824,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2020.Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 46, eff. 7/1/2017.Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 326, HB 137, 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
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