Section 45-49-110.02 Meeting Dates and Locations for Voter Registration and Voter Reidentification; Transportation and Expense Allowances for Board Members.

(a)(1) The Mobile County Board of Registrars shall be available each year, between August 1 and July 31, at the county courthouse, or at other locations, as provided by law, for the purpose of voter registration and voter reidentification. The board members shall be available at the above mentioned areas during the hours between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on regular business days or on such other days and at other hours as the board may deem necessary. (2)a. The county may provide transportation for the members of the board of registrars to and from places where any registration is being conducted in lieu of mileage expense allowances. b. Effective retroactively to November 1, 1999, in addition to any and all other expense allowances and compensation provided by law, members of the Board of Registrars in Mobile County shall receive forty dollars ($40) per day for attending meetings of the board to be paid out of the general fund of the county. c. All actions taken in payments made by the county commission pertaining to payments for attending meetings on or after November 1, 1999, are validated, ratified, and confirmed. (b)(1) The Mobile County Board of Registrars shall be available at the county courthouse as provided by law and one member of the board shall be available for registration and reidentification at least once a year in every voting ward or precinct of the county at the request of the member of the Mobile County delegation who represents the district thereof, as the case may be. The members of the board shall equally share the duties of visiting the legislative House districts. All reidentification forms and voter registration applications accepted by any registrar according to this subsection shall be presented to and acted on by the full board, or a quorum thereof, at the first board meeting after the acceptance of any such forms or applications. The county governing body and representatives shall at their discretion determine a suitable means of advertising the visits to their legislative districts. The county governing body may authorize advertisements of such visits in any local newspaper, or on local radio stations, or on local television stations and the cost of such advertisements shall be paid out of the general fund of the county. (2)a. Requests for voter registration in places other than the courthouse shall be made to the member of the House of Representatives who represents that area with the consent of the Senate member who represents that area and shall include: The preferred date and an alternate date and location, two weeks prior to the requested visit. The House or Senate member shall then promptly in writing so advise the board of registrars. Any person making such request shall be responsible for furnishing an appropriate facility and notice and publicity announcing the visit. b. Any election inspector may request voter registration in his or her district in the same manner as provided in paragraph a. c. In the last month immediately preceding an election, all registration shall be at the Mobile County Courthouse.