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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.