By Danburg H.B. No. 545 74R2156 GGS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to official forms used in connection with the 1-3 administration of elections. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 31.002, Election Code, is amended by 1-6 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as 1-7 follows: 1-8 (a) The secretary of state shall prescribe the design and 1-9 content, consistent with this code, of the forms necessary for the 1-10 administration of this code. The design and content must enhance 1-11 the ability of a person to understand the applicable requirements 1-12 and to physically furnish the required information in the space 1-13 provided. 1-14 (e) A form for an application for a place on the ballot or a 1-15 petition filed in connection with an election may not be furnished 1-16 for use unless the form is prescribed or approved by the secretary 1-17 of state. 1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-19 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.