84R3604 SRS-D
 
  By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 328
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the numbering of local and state propositions on the
  ballot.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 52.095, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 52.095.  PROPOSITIONS. (a) Except as otherwise
  provided by law, the authority ordering an election in which more
  than one measure is to be voted on shall determine the order in
  which the propositions are to appear on the ballot.
         (b)  Each proposition on the ballot shall be assigned a
  unique number that corresponds to the order in which it is placed on
  the ballot based on the following:
               (1)  numbers 1 through 99 shall be assigned to state
  propositions; 
               (2)  numbers 101 through 199 shall be assigned to
  county ballot propositions;  
               (3)  numbers 201 through 299 shall be assigned to
  municipal propositions; 
               (4)  numbers 301 through 499 shall be assigned to
  school district propositions, with the county clerk assigning each
  school district its own number range, as applicable; 
               (5)  numbers 501 through 699 shall be assigned to
  junior college district propositions, in the same manner numbers
  are assigned to school district propositions; 
               (6)  numbers 701 through 799 shall be assigned to
  hospital district propositions; 
               (7)  numbers 801 through 899 shall be assigned to other
  special district propositions; and 
               (8)  numbers 901 through 999 shall be assigned to
  miscellaneous propositions.
         (c)  The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures
  necessary to implement this section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.