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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the numbering of local and state propositions on the |
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ballot. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 52.095, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 52.095. PROPOSITIONS. (a) Except as otherwise |
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provided by law, the authority ordering an election in which more |
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than one measure is to be voted on shall determine the order in |
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which the propositions are to appear on the ballot. |
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(b) Each proposition on the ballot shall be assigned a |
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unique number that corresponds to the order in which it is placed on |
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the ballot based on the following: |
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(1) numbers 1 through 99 shall be assigned to state |
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propositions; |
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(2) numbers 101 through 199 shall be assigned to |
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county ballot propositions; |
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(3) numbers 201 through 299 shall be assigned to |
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municipal propositions; |
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(4) numbers 301 through 499 shall be assigned to |
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school district propositions, with the county clerk assigning each |
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school district its own number range, as applicable; |
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(5) numbers 501 through 699 shall be assigned to |
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junior college district propositions, in the same manner numbers |
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are assigned to school district propositions; |
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(6) numbers 701 through 799 shall be assigned to |
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hospital district propositions; |
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(7) numbers 801 through 899 shall be assigned to other |
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special district propositions; and |
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(8) numbers 901 through 999 shall be assigned to |
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miscellaneous propositions. |
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(c) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures |
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necessary to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |