(a)(1) This section shall apply only in Jefferson County.

(2)a. In all general, municipal, special, and primary elections, the compensation of certain election officers and workers shall be as follows: The chief inspector shall be paid one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per day, the assistant chief inspector shall be paid eighty-five dollars ($85) per day, and each clerk and each worker assigned to canvas the vote shall be paid seventy-five dollars ($75) per day. In municipal elections where paper ballots are used exclusively, the provisions of law applicable to the use of paper ballots shall apply as to the amount which each election official in the voting centers or box shall be paid. To receive the returning fee allowed in this section the election official shall present an affidavit indicating he or she has attended an election procedure school since the last election.

b. In all city and municipal elections, primary elections, or otherwise, held on the same day and time of any state and county elections, the election officials shall be paid by the municipality one-half of the per diem herein provided, as though an independent election were held at a different date and time. The compensation of the election officials shall be in addition to the cost and expenses of rental and the use of voting machines by the municipality. Otherwise, two or more elections held countywide on the same date and time shall be considered, for the purposes of this section, to be held as one election.

(b) In Jefferson County, an election officer who works at polling places shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount which, together with any amount paid by the state pursuant to Section 17-6-13, shall make the total paid to each clerk one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per day and the total amount paid to each returning officer and each inspector two hundred dollars ($200) per day for each day the election officer works at the polls during an election.