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.