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79R6221 ATP-D


By:  Denny                                                        H.B. No. 1023



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the length of a ballot proposition.                               
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 52.072, Election Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  A proposition must state the principal purpose of the 
measure and may not contain more than 75 words.  A proposition 
heading may not contain more than 15 words.  The limits imposed by 
this subsection do not apply to the translation of a proposition or 
proposition heading into a language other than English.
	SECTION 2.  Section 274.001(b), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(b)  The proposition prescribed by the secretary of state 
must describe the proposed amendment in terms that clearly express 
its scope and character and may not contain more than 75 words.  The 
limit imposed by this subsection does not apply to the translation 
of a proposition into a language other than English.
	SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to 
an election ordered on or after September 1, 2005.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.