79R3585 ATP-D
By: Baxter H.B. No. 2260
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the form of information printed on a ballot used in an
election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 52, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 52.075 to read as follows:
Sec. 52.075. ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE AFTER INSTRUCTIONS
PROHIBITED. A ballot may not contain any language following the
instructions required by Sections 52.070 and 52.071, other than
language required by this chapter for straight-party voting or
voting for a candidate or proposition.
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 52, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 52.096 to read as follows:
Sec. 52.096. BALLOT PAGE MUST CONTAIN MULTIPLE MEASURES OR
OFFICES. (a) A ballot may not provide for casting a straight-party
vote or voting for a single office or measure on a page that does not
provide for voting on another office or measure.
(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) an office or measure that is the only office or
measure to be voted on at the election; or
(2) the final office or measure on the ballot if there
is not space to include the final office or measure on the previous
page.
SECTION 3. Sections 52.075 and 52.096, Election Code, as
added by this Act, apply only to an election ordered on or after
September 1, 2005.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.