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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the content and numbering of propositions on the |
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ballot. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 52.095 (b), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 52.095. PROPOSITIONS. |
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(b) Each political subdivision's proposition on the ballot |
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shall be assigned a unique number or letter on the ballot as |
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follows: |
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(1) except as provided by Subdivision (2)(3), for |
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each proposition on the ballot, the authority ordering the election |
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shall assign a letter of the alphabet to the measure that |
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corresponds to its order on the ballot; |
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(2) if more than one political subdivision's |
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proposition is to appear on the ballot, the authority shall assign a |
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unique letter of the alphabet to each measure; and |
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(2) (3) for each proposition on the ballot to be voted |
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on statewide, the authority ordering the election shall assign a |
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number to the measure that corresponds to its order on the ballot. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |