A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow leave to public employees for working as precinct officials, as recommended by the joint select committee on electronic voting systems.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 5 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 163‑41.3.  Leave for public employees to work as election officials.
Every employee of the State of North Carolina or of a city, county, school administrative unit, constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, or other political subdivision or public corporation in the State is entitled to up to 24 hours per year of community service leave to serve as a precinct official or as a temporary employee of a county board of elections in a voting site, including a one‑stop site as provided in G.S. 163‑227.2. As used in this section, 'community service leave' for an employee means absence with full pay in addition to any vacation leave or sick leave to which the employee is already entitled. This section does not entitle an employee to additional community service leave in addition to leave that employee received for the equivalent election service under an equivalent program of the employer."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.