HB 1530

Abstract

Elections; administration; chief deputy andother deputy registrars. Requires that each locality have onechief deputy registrar. The bill requires any chief deputy registrarserving on a full-time basis to be paid not less than 60 percentof the salary paid to the general registrar. The bill requires thatany chief deputy registrar of a locality whose population is greaterthan 10,000 serve on a full-time basis and gives the general registrarin a locality whose population is 10,000 or less the authority todetermine whether the chief deputy registrar serves on a full-timebasis. The bill gives general registrars in all localities the authorityto determine whether any other deputy registrar serves on a full-timeor part-time basis and the authority to determine the terms of deputyregistrars, including the chief deputy registrar. Under current law,requirements for employees in a registrar's office are determinedon the basis of a population of 15,500 or less or more than 15,500and some of the determinations are made by the electoral board ratherthan by the general registrar.