Florida Senate - 2018                                    SB 1484
       
       
        
       By Senator Book
       
       
       
       
       
       32-01514-18                                           20181484__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to poll workers; amending s. 102.014,
    3         F.S.; removing a requirement that supervisors of
    4         elections work with certain communities to develop
    5         public-private programs for a certain purpose;
    6         prohibiting a supervisor of elections from authorizing
    7         certain entities or persons to recruit, supply, or
    8         otherwise staff a precinct with certain poll workers
    9         for an election; amending s. 102.021, F.S.;
   10         prohibiting a supervisor of elections from paying
   11         certain entities or persons for services provided by
   12         certain poll workers; providing an effective date.
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   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 102.014, Florida
   17  Statutes, is amended to read:
   18         102.014 Poll worker recruitment and training.—
   19         (6) Supervisors of elections shall work with the business
   20  and local community to develop public-private programs to ensure
   21  the recruitment of skilled inspectors and clerks. However,
   22  supervisors of elections may not directly or indirectly
   23  authorize an entity, or a person on behalf of an entity, to
   24  recruit, supply, or otherwise staff a precinct with inspectors
   25  or clerks for an election.
   26         Section 2. Subsection (3) is added to section 102.021,
   27  Florida Statutes, to read:
   28         102.021 Compensation of inspectors, clerks, and deputy
   29  sheriffs.—
   30         (3) A supervisor of elections may not pay an entity or an
   31  individual on behalf of an entity for services provided by an
   32  inspector, a clerk of an election, or other poll worker.
   33         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.